DENVER – WAC Commissioner Karl Benson today announced the suspension of WAC football replay official Michael Goshima. Goshima was in the replay booth for last Saturday’s game in Boise between San Jose State and Boise State.
The suspension was based on a play where a runner was ruled short of a first down and was confirmed by the replay booth after a review. After further inspection, the runner clearly made the first down and the call should have been reversed.
“The WAC expects the same type of performance from our instant replays officials as we do from the on field officials,” said Benson. “And while errors are going to occur – both on the field and in the replay booth – when they do, there must be accountability. Instant replay is used to ‘get it right’ on the field and in this case the official had a chance to reverse a call at a very critical time in the game and did not. Thus, he will be suspended for his next assignment.”
Goshima will receive a one-game suspension that will go into effect this weekend.
