Iowa State AD Fined For Postgame Rant On Officials

((HT: CyclonesTV))

Iowa State was hanging with Oklahoma State for a while at T.Boone Pickens Stadium over the weekend, but in the second half it was all Cowboys in the win, 37-20.

One play in particular drew the ire of AD Jamie Pollard at the end of the first half...
(Which you can see in the highlights below)


After the game Pollard let the assembled media know about it after the fact- and he thinks his Cyclones get screwed all the time


As a result of his rant, Pollard got fined $25,000 by the conference and they were less than pleased:

“Mr. Pollard’s public statements called into question the integrity and competence of game officials and the Conference’s officiating program,” stated Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “To insinuate that games are called unfairly to negatively impact a program is irresponsible and completely baseless. Accordingly, the seriousness of this violation warrants a public reprimand and a financial penalty. We take pride in our officiating programs and will continue to strive for the highest possible standards and the fairest competition.”

So there...

OSG High: Iowa State AD Kicked Out Of HS Game

((HT: KCCI-TV Des Moines))

Jamie Pollard is the Athletics Director at Iowa State...

But he's also the father of a basketball player on the Gilbert High School team. Gilbert and Colfax-Mingo were going at it in an IHSAA game where Pollard (the father) thought a call made by an official was a bad one...

Pollard was quite vocal about his displeasure and was asked to be escorted from the gym...

KCCI did a story and it is hyah...

School officials are cool with Pollard knowing that he was a father acting like a father- and fathers act that way sometimes...

The folks at Iowa State got to know Pollard when he was hired as AD...
((HT: isuvideo))