Member Of Losing Team Uses Helmet To Break Nearly Every Bone In Ref’s Face
October 28, 2009 by Morbid
Rochester, New York – Peter McCabe has been a referee for more than 25 years and has never had anything happen to him like what happened to him after a playoff game with the Western New York Cougars. After a rowdy game that involved a fight and some players were ejected, the Cougars ended up losing the game by two points. After the end of the game, the winning team lined up to shake hands, but the Cougars did not. As the players were walking off the field, a player from the Cougars swung his helmet into McCabe’s face giving him a detached nose, a hairline fracture in his skull, a broke jaw and nearly every bone in his face fractured.Another referee who saw it happen says the player stood over McCabe and said, “Take that! Take that!” and then walked away. To make things worse, team members of the Cougars refused to hand over their cell phones so someone could call 911.
“He was walking off the field and remembers seeing an object just for a quick moment come by the left side of his head, and the next thing you know he was on the ground,” said McCabe’s brother-in-law Mark Whitford. “He tried to get up but had so much blood coming off of him.” McCabe must now have reconstructive surgery and has stated he is done with refereeing.
The Rochester Chapter of Certified Football Officials called this an “outrageous, cowardly act,” adding “Our council will be discussing whether or not to continue to officiate these games in the future.” News 10NBC states they know the identity of the suspect, but are not releasing that info at the request of police. Investigators are searching for the suspect but at this point, no one is in custody.
To make things worse, McCabe was not even supposed to be there that SaturdaySaturday reviews
night. He was filling in for another referee who did not want to deal with the semi professional league — because of concerns over safety.
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4:06 pm on October 28th, 2009
I’ve officiated sporting events before, and know it’s a thankless job. I’ve had kids and coaches in my face arguing my decision and that’s to be expected. I’ve never felt physically threatened or have been threatened let alone actually physically assaulted. I think the Rochester Chapter of Certified Football Officials should cease providing officials to these teams’ games.
The player who did this needs to be brought to justice and charged for his actions. From what I’m reading in this story the entire team is nothing but losers.
4:28 pm on October 28th, 2009
Jeez, little kids display better sportsmanship than these loser pussies! When they arrest this jerk, they should let Mr. McCabe have a whack at him.
5:31 pm on October 28th, 2009
That team should be disqualified from all games for the rest of the season. Multiple members displayed intolerable behavior. Withholding phones to prevent people from calling 911? To hell with those sore losers. Let them go without their entire season.
6:10 pm on October 28th, 2009
I think the whole team should be disbanded. That is plain disgusting behavior!
8:44 pm on October 28th, 2009
I don’t know….it’s a ref. Aren’t they below humans? Aren’t they like….worse than plants? It’s like if a kid steps on a flower, do we prosecute that kid? Of course not. So this guy got his face blown up. How many times have we wished that upon refs.
To me, this kid should be enshrined in some hall of honor somewhere.
1:30 am on October 29th, 2009
Criminal charges should be levied…something like assault w/intent to do great bodily harm. He should be banned for life from the game. The dude has some real anger issues apparently, so maybe a little counseling wouldn’t hurt either.
6:33 am on October 29th, 2009
I also think the ones who wouldn’t give up their phones so someone could call for help should be held accountable in someway.
9:21 am on October 29th, 2009
this is the sort of stuff i REALLY struggle to understand – unchecked violence against a stranger. i hope they throw the fucker responsible underneath the jail. maximum sentence please.
please keep us posted on this one.
10:08 am on October 29th, 2009
Those are the kinds of ‘boys’ parents put into sports hoping to channel their violence – and channel it they did – right onto a referee just doing his (thankless) job. Same kind of ‘boys’ who will, when angered, put an extra hard tackle on another player … who wasn’t within 20 feet of the ball carrier… just because they could. What’s really sad? There really ARE people out there who support and encourage this type of behavior from their ‘athlete’s’. Parents who will pat their kid on the back for outrageous behavior. No way this was the first time this asswipe lost it at or after a game. Just the worst.
I hope he is identified and prosecuted. Not sure if there can be charges for those who stood by – the U.S. has no “Duty to Rescue” law and New York has no “Good Samaritan” law. I think things need to change. This trend of standing by watching and doing nothing while another suffers is despicable.
10:58 am on October 29th, 2009
These weren’t kids, they were semi-pros, and far too old to be losing their temper to this degree over a game which would have been canceled without an attending referee.
Nearly every bone in the victim’s face is broken, and his nose was detached.
That will take reconstructive surgery and months (if not years) to heal all of the damage.
Chances are this man will suffer pain from this unprovoked attack for the rest of his life.
11:15 am on October 29th, 2009
Here’s a lineup of these children. I’m sure this is only the beginning of lineups that they’ll be involved in. I’d have to say that this is a hate crime, and the perp needs to be charged with such.
http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=wnycougarsfootball12:39 pm on October 29th, 2009
This is a semi pro team not kids, these are mostly young adults most getting paid to play. The team should be disqualified first, fined 2nd, removed from the league 3rd and never allowed into a league again. It apparently isn’t just the one player, this team seems to be made up of criminal elements, which starts at the top from owner, coach on down to the payers
12:45 pm on October 29th, 2009
The Nihilist
8:44 pm on October 28th, 2009
I don’t know….it’s a ref. Aren’t they below humans? Aren’t they like….worse than plants? It’s like if a kid steps on a flower, do we prosecute that kid? Of course not. So this guy got his face blown up. How many times have we wished that upon refs.
To me, this kid should be enshrined in some hall of honor somewhere.
Hopefully he’ll move in next store and the two of you can have long lovely chats, wouldn’t that be wonderful.
1:29 pm on October 29th, 2009
That’s great. So there’s been a problem for a while and it’s just been ignored. Nice!
2:10 pm on October 29th, 2009
Did anyone else hear Dante Hick’s voice when they read this line or is it just me?
7:31 am on October 30th, 2009
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-refereeattacked&prov=ap&type=lgns
Player has been arrested and is in jail, as he should be. He should never be allowed to play semi-pro ball again.
9:59 am on October 30th, 2009
Gangsta as I wanna be.
10:03 am on October 30th, 2009
yup. sure did.
11:52 pm on October 30th, 2009
To see the offender’s photo:
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Man-Charged-with-Assault-on-Ref-Bragged-Witness/zy8_aODO50awEO20zGMuHg.cspx
3:48 pm on October 31st, 2009
lovely another human being that doesn’t need to reproduce. the whole team should be suspended what pigs!!
6:50 pm on November 1st, 2009
I’m with Sarabei. Disband the team. Blacklist all the players who wouldn’t hand over their phones and bar them from ever playing again, on top of whatever criminal charges they can pin on them.
Sports should be fun. These fuckers make me sick.
8:07 am on November 13th, 2009
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Leon-Woods-86207
They removed his standings from the NFL scouting website. You know, the one where they keep players they might consider for pro football someday? Yeah, somebody just trashed his own future.
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