In Defense of Parker Jones

[@Double_Deez]

I mean… to be fair, kid shouldn’t even be on the sideline. He never has and never will play… not saying he lost them the game, but there’s no reason for kid to be on sideline in first place if he’s not a regular player

[@christophergraves6725]

That's called "20-20 quarterbacking" as I heard an immigrant once put it-combing American expressions of "Monday Morning quarterbacking" and "20-20 Hindsight." The penalty was out of proportion with the offense.

[@sallysmith8081]

"Accidentally ran into the ref." OR: Carelessly stepped into the path of the ref and cost his team a penalty.

[@christophergraves6725]

Not even that. One of his feet just barely went over the line that restricted players on the sidelines from the field of play. A young man who got a bit too excited should hardly be treated as a criminal or a dirty player. This penalty was horrendously out of proportion with the "offense" committed.

[@bigdickdudley9119]

​@@christophergraves6725was right call

[@LonnieSipsyMD-ls6qk]

He wasn’t even dressed out! Why was he up on the side lines?

[@Historyden]

Interesting how some people are blaming the official for being too far in .. but he was avoiding the ND player that was also running the down the sideline

[@Atx.3359]

Even because that happened, they had first and ten at the 30 yard line and couldn’t move an inch

[@PatriotMapper]

Moving back after a huge play affects the momentum and changes the playcalling.

[@iluvpepi]

Have any of his teammates or his coach spoken up for him? It would be nice.

[@MimiShortcakes-f9l]

a player on a team committed a penalty, lets not scapegoat the kid

[@danaranstrom3396]

Yeah .

[@jebarr1]

Dumbest thing I’ve seen happen since Boomer Sooner

[@Chi-Towne]

Riley Leonard” JESUS BLESSED” No Excuses

[@rickazca774]

Another Steve Bartman moment.

[@Thememe_vr]

None

[@brandonboykin8349]

I don’t believe it affected the outcome at all. However, his big toe was about all that was in the white. That is why I would had rather saw a sideline warning instead. If you want to blame anyone, blame Smart and his coaching staff for not getting 57 help on the blind side. It was obvious from early in the 1st quarter that they weren’t doing enough to protect a first time starting Qb.

[@bigdickdudley9119]

😂 watch the game over lol Georgia never recovered!

[@jebarr1]

He didn’t trip him up with his foot. He blindsided him with his upper body. It was a blatant penalty, and quite frankly should have been penalized from the original line of scrimmage . And yes, it probably cost them a TD which would have affected what happened from that point on. Don’t trivialize what he did. If something like that happened in a Soccer match in South America, you would find Parker in pieces

[@Chi-Towne]

Jesus is Lord. And Georgia lost because ND beat them fair and square. Nice lipstick bro

[@jebarr1]

How can anyone defend what he did?

[@CBNnewsonline]

The defense was not of his accidentally colliding with the referee. In the video the host said that was "inexcusable" and that it was clearly a penalty. The defense is in response to those blaming the loss on him and making him the scapegoat. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jebarr1]

@@CBNnewsonline considering it changed the whole game, it’s very fair to blame him for the loss. It was the equivalent of an own goal in soccer

[@lord_canon]

​@@jebarr1 did he pass the ball to the other team in their own endzone?

[@jebarr1]

@@lord_canon he took 4 points off the board, so yes he did

[@GRHSCP]

​@jebarr1 he *may* have cost them 4 points. Maybe 0 points and they lost by 13.

[@christophergraves6725]

Well, the penalty was grossly out of proportion with any offense that was committed. One of Parker's feet was just barely over the line where he was restricted from being. He got excited on a big play and he misplaced one of his feet ever so slightly. That penalty should either not have been called or the penalty should be proportional to the degree of the offense and this penalty was horrendously disproportionate with the offense. The rule needs to be modified to give the referees some discretion on how severe the penalty should be similar to what used to the face-mask penalty. The penalty did harm Georgia's chance to score a touchdown and that did affect the outcome of the game in addition to the momentum change. It is shame that such a nit-picking penalty affected the game and could affect the future of a young man who did nothing wrong except for getting a bit too excited in the moment. My goodness!

[@christopherwarsh]

😂😂😂 no he was full on in the way. And he should know that.

[@christophergraves6725]

@@christopherwarsh Unless my eyes are deceiving me, only one of his feet was about halfway over the line. That is what the rule requires-i.e. having one's feet behind that wide white area on the sidelines. So, yes, he was over that line, but just barely. The rule, as I say, should be modified so that there is some discretion given to the referees. This rule has zero to do with justice in the sense of promoting fair play, but only as a deterrent to keep coaches and players from coming onto the field during a play and obstructing the view and the movement of the referees. In this case, the referee could continue on following the play.

[@bigdickdudley9119]

​@@christophergraves6725 they are part of his body was over the line go see eye doctor

[@shannonbieger8470]

Agreed. The calls throughout the game were nitpicking and made for a less interesting game.

[@jebarr1]

He didn’t trip him, he caught him with his upper body

[@DadSolutions]

Why are we feeling bad for him? He's going to be a millionare, marry an amazing woman and be respected by his peers. He's gotten hundreds of thousands of subscribers already from this. It's all you kinda need to do anymore is one cringe worthy thing and you are set for live. The power of the internet is real yall. 😂

[@user-rc3eh4ht6q]

It has a HUGE EFFECT on the outcome of the game.

[@jeffnelson1961]

And now the Democrat apologists are complaining he is getting called out for being stupid….