Maryland HS Star Brody Buffington DQed Again Unacceptable Celebration

Would love some info on the official who made this DQ. Those people always escape direct responsibility for their insanity. The Hagerstown DQ was an obscene overreaction.

The referee is so cucked.

Doesn't really look that serious to me, but when you're an official, donning the red polo on meet day comes with a grave responsibility: figuring out how to be a boring dweeb so high school kids can have slightly less fun.

This DQ was a clear and obvious one based on the letter of the rules. No need to seek personal info of the official, who is probably either volunteering or making very little money.

Brody got DQd for the same thing indoors so he should know the rules.

As others have noted, he isn't racing good competition. It's disrespectful and it's poor sportsmanship. It's like Stephen Curry celebrating winning a basketball game against high schoolers.

Steph Curry beating high schoolers doesn't win him a title at his current level. Buffington and his teammates had just won a state title which is worth celebrating. It's not their fault the rest of that division in maryland sucks at the 4x200.

seems kind of petty. I bet the official who DQ'd him is the father of the kid who ran 2nd.

Re comment above: "This DQ was a clear and obvious one based on the letter of the rules. No need to seek personal info of the official, who is probably either volunteering or making very little money."

Why do you think that raising your arm before the finish line is clearly and obviously a "discredit to the individual or the competitor's school." NFHS 4.6.2

I understand how arguably based on a strict interpretation how that rule could apply, but I don't think you can say that it is obvious based on the letter of the rules.

As mentioned previously NFHS keeps the rules behind a payrolled app, but even the payrolled app doesn't seem to have a notice or explanation about the application of rule 4.6.2 to competitors celebrating their win before the finish line. His celebration at regionals, albeit in a heat with only two of his own teammates, was significantly more pronounced than this recent obe - he pumped both arms and turned and said something to his teamate. I am still confused as to at what point does raising one arm celebration become a discredit to the competitors school and a violation of the rule? I don't believe that simple raising one arm ~5 ft before the finish would be a violation, although every HS runner in Maryland should be warned not to do that. The rules need more clarity.

I also fully agree with respecting the officials. I would be very surprised if the previous regionals DQ decision was not discussed at the highest levels of NFHS. I think it is a fair assumption that the national NFHS supported the indoor regionals DQ based on the similar DQ, for a less pronounced celebration, at outdoor states.

It is HS. There are no stars in HS. DQ was justified.

Those who say it's excessive also complain that track athletes are too stoic and boring. Go figure.

Isn't winning the fun part? Not the showboating or taunting. If he could just manage to run through the line before his antics, he'd be fine.

Basically it was a completely arrogant move. And he seems full of himself. This was not sportsmanship conduct. And yea HS kids should be held to behaving properly during their events

Acting like an arrogant dweeb is more fun? Interesting

BTW officials go by the rule book. And showboating is a reason for a DQ. Just run your race. You’re nobody in the big scheme of things to act that way.

Yes we should be teaching HS kids how to behave properly when participating in sports and in the school. Olympians are professional adults, different story.

Its the responsibility of coaches and parents to raise kids with manners and have good sportsmanship. This guy is out of control and I can bet this is his typical behaviour off the track too. Probably too late to teach him proper etiquette. Being DQed twice isn't getting through to him. Bet Mommy and Daddy are furious about the DQ too. Apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.

He is a stud.

He should've been DQ'd according to the letter of the law. Other teams might want to seek out civil litigation for bullying. I'm also fine with incarceration. If it was my son, he would get the bjesus knocked out of him. I would then call the police and ask to have him incarcerated. Maybe a scared straight program?

hope the meet provided counseling to his competitors. Better yet make Buffington pay for the counseling himself. Only way he'll learn this valuable lesson and ever make it as an adult in this world.

So the DQ was for raising his arms before the line?? He doesn't look back, he doesn't point at or taunt anyone, but I guess the official couldn't resist making it all about himself and trying to teach the kid a lesson. Completely ridiculous and embarrassing that these are the people in charge of the sport.

Yes, he's racing against kids who are much less talented, but that shouldn't matter at all in terms of how the rule is enforced. A better analogy would be that this is like Steph Curry celebrating beating the Detroit Pistons or whoever. Maybe you could argue it's a bad look, but he would never get ejected for something like that.

22.7 for 200m - I wish I had had that speed.