Word: forfeit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Madison. But after the game the celebrating apparently got out of hand. Three players were arrested on charges of raping an 18-year-old woman who had been enticed back to their hotel from a party. A shaken University President Kenneth Keller ordered the Golden Gophers to forfeit their next game and said he was considering canceling the team's entire remaining schedule. The forfeiture, the first of its kind in Big Ten history, prompted Basketball Coach Jim Dutcher to resign in protest, saying it was unfair to other players on the roster...
...Sports, Michael Weisman, who "thought it would just be nice if everybody could kind of take an intermission." Advertisers applaud the idea, he claims, because viewers will more likely stay put for the commercials. And since the minute will come out of program time, not commercial time, NBC will forfeit no ad revenue ($400,000 per minute on the pregame show; a record $1.1 million per minute during the game). Nor is Weisman concerned about shortchanging viewers. "The universal criticism of Super Bowl pregame shows is that they're too long," he says. "In two hours, there are only...
...officials been on time, there probably wouldn't have been a game. Kirkland only had 10 players suited up at kickoff time (an automatic forfeit), but the officials hadn't arrived yet. When they finally arrived--15 minutes late--two more Kirkland gridders were present and the game was played...
Review editors who prepared the recent report criticizing the June comp said the process discriminated against students who could not afford to forfeit a week of summer employment in order to participate in the comp
Last week the New Jersey casino control commission approved an unprecedented penalty for Caesars' irresponsible behavior, ordering the casino to close its doors Nov. 30, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, a big day for gambling. Caesars stands to forfeit some $800,000 in revenue. The commission also fined six Caesars employees and ordered the gaming establishment to pay its staff for the lost day of work, including projected tips...