The Show Must Go On: And It's Damn Well Time For It To Stop

Look, I get it.  Sports are a big business and a lot of money is invested in the games.

But (as seemed very evident this Thanksgiving weekend in my real life, just saying to our local authorities!!!) this Saturday showed at least four incidents in which the better result would've been to, as applicable, forfeit the game or stop the contest (or at least some very serious discussion of it).

• We begin in Michigan, and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is beside himself and wants an investigation.  Just before the massive rivalry game with Michigan, a cameraman of some sort injured Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett.  Apparently, in the mass of people on the sidelines before the game, a camera nailed Barrett in the leg, and no one knows who or why.  Word is he's ready to go for this week's Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin.
• Then, to Auburn, where the Southeastern Conference has fined Auburn University $250,000 for the fans rushing the field after yesterday's win/apparent CFP elimination over Alabama.
• And then speaking of Alabama, a college basketball incident.  After a mass incident got the entire Alabama bench ejected, the Crimson Tide had to play over 10 minutes of their game with Minnesota with just three players.  Yes, this is allowed -- you can even finish the game with one player under NCAA rules.
• And then an incident in the TCU-Baylor game.  After a marginal hit on the sidelines, players began jawing, several cheap shots were had, and the players milled about in what could've been a costly error for TCU, who plays Oklahoma this week for the Big XII Championship.  At the end, the referees threw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on EVERY PLAYER ON BOTH TEAMS -- this was not entirely symbolic, as a second conduct penalty for any player would result in their ejection from the contest.

Look.

It's out of fucking control.

You're not going to fine or eject or whatever your way out of this one.

Someone's going to have to start forfeiting, reversing results, stopping games, what have you, or we're going to see this continue to escalate.

If it's $250,000 worth of a problem for that crowd rush to have happened, the SEC should award the game and the division title to Alabama.

The TCU-Baylor football game and Minnesota-Alabama basketball contest should've been terminated.

And as for that thing in Michigan, all I can hope is that it wasn't something nefarious.

But Good God people, lay off each other!