MEISTER SCANDAL HITS TUDO BEM: Intramural Board Bans a Tudo Bem Player...Again

There's a reason why Andy Meister has been absent. Last week, Tudo Bem's young, promising player Andy Mesiter was banned from soccer for the remainder of the season, after being caught playing on two teams. This is the second time a Tudo Bem player has been found playing on two teams. Last season, Tudo Bem were left without a goalie for the entire year, because Dane Henning was caught playing in a completely seperate division, the Fraternity Division. The Intramural Soccer Board are trying to hit Tudo Bem with fines, point deductions, forfeits, and a ban from the playoffs. The Tudo Bem Soccer Club has appealed the decision for Andy to be banned. Sir Fergouswksi is absolutely livid. "The Intramural Board are trying to hit us with a scandal. I wish they concentrated more on the officiating. A referee can call a game wrong by not understanding rules about tackling, but Andy Meister can not play again because he accidentally had fun by playing with two teams? It's ridiculous! He's a new player and unfortunately this league has all these weird rules and policies. The divisions are completely seperate, players should be allowed to play in different divisions. It's a common trend for new players in the league to make the mistake, so the punishments they propose to enforce are overboard." Sir Fergouwski's letter to Charles Anderson, the director of the Intramural Board has been posted below. Based on the stubborness in past situations, Mr. Anderson will probably be inept and not allow Andy to play for one team for the remainder of the season. Bring Andy back!

Charles Anderson

To: sblatti2@uiuc.edu
Cc: cander15@uiuc.edu


Andrew is a freshmen. He has never done intramurals before. I have been very careful and made sure I told my team that no one could play on two teams. There is nothing more I can do then take the word of my team. Last night we had a game, but Andrew did not play. He will not play on this team again, however, I think that he should be able to play on the other team if he wants to. Intramurals is designed for sports recreation. Andrew made a mistake; it was accidental. Last night in our game, officials said there could be no slide tackling what so ever in the soccer game. The rule handbook never says anything about no slide tackling. Imagine soccer without tackling. At halftime, the Intramural director of the field had to tell the referee he was wrong, he had made a mistake. I knew he had made a mistake and I talked to him before. Considering the mistake was not done intentionally, I can not fault him and demand he never referee again. This is not FIFA or NCAA soccer. So to force someone out of a friendly activity is ridiculous. I think the Intramural Board should reconsider their policy. If a player is found to play on two teams, he should be told he must pick one team or he will be suspended. If there should be a penalty, the player should be unavailable for the team, which he chooses, for 1 game. If the teams must accept problems with the Intramural Soccer League, then the Intramural Board should also be understanding of how these things happen.

Tudo Bem SC Co-Captain
Michael Kurowski
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