NCAA Releases Statement After Louisville Pitcher's Ejection During Indiana Game

Dollar worth of authority, nickel worth of sense. Pussy.

Ump needs a snicker bar.

so he will miss the super regional in its entirety and perhaps one or two CWS games? thats harsh for a mild gesture

Ump needs to take pamprin

Ump needs thicker skin.

that's horrible

NCAA is such an archaic beast. Excited for the day that it ceases to exist.

Looks like that ump needs to take a 98 mph fastball straight to the nuts with the catcher pulling the glove away and ducking at the last minute. Then the catcher should say, "man, that's HORRIBLE."

fricking bull shite. That was a strike you blind vagina

Yeah, that's bad. And I'm someone who's usually very big on players keeping their cool and respecting umps/refs. It would be one thing if the pitcher had made some sort of gesture at the ump, or used some colorful language. But just to express some frustration in a very heated and pivotal point of the game...and get ejected and tossed for four games is bonkers. The only way I could defend the ump's actions is if he had given a warning to that same player earlier in the game.

Wow. So he won’t be active for four game. Harsh rule. Probably ended his playing days for 2019.

I'm ok with booting him for "unsportsmanlike conduct" even though the call does seem horrible to me. I definitely think a 4 game suspension is ridiculously harsh.

That was weak. In that situation, it could have impacted the game. Emotions come out during competition and for the ump to call it in that situation is bush league.

A suspension of 2 games per word seems harsh... wonder if the NCAA will overturn/shorten the suspension

NCAA umpires are really bad. Some worse than others. Many lack a consistent strike zone while others look to make overly dramatic gestures even it means making a wrong call. The difference between a Major League umpire and a college umpire is like night and day.

The four games is brutal. Once again, the NCAA shows why they're the best in college athletics.

NCAA sucks. SEC, ACC, and Big 10 should form their own league and keep all the money.

Dude kinda looks like Larry Bird

Could you imagine if that happened at a SEC stadium in the same situation?

If the rule is there, you play with fire if you choose to step over the line. The rule doesn't allow for interpretations regarding how far you can question an umpire's calls. Also, we have no context of how this all came down: did the umpire get an earful from Louisville all game long, and he had had enough? Who knows....