A Mount San Antonio College football player said he didn’t intend to punch a football referee Saturday night at Ventura College.
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“I shook his hand when he was coming off and I asked him if he was OK”, Ventura College head coach Steve Mooshagian said.
Schirmer, who was immediately ejected, was arrested and taken to Ventura County jail, a Ventura College police official told the Star.
A college football player in the United States is facing a five year ban, after he was arrested for punching a referee during a game.
Reports say the arrest/incident is enough to get the player banned from California Community College football for 5 years.
Mount San Antonio College is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California.
Schirmer and the school as well as a Schirmer teammate, quarterback Rico Bruton, insist what happened was an accident. “Additionally, the college is fully cooperating with investigations by other agencies”, officials said in the statement.
Mt. San Antonio College hasn’t released a statement, but a response was posted on social media Sunday morning using Mt. SAC Football’s twitter account, suggesting the punch was unintentional and claiming the referee punched was not pressing charges.
The punched referee was knocked to the ground at the 20-yard line at Ventura Sportsplex on Saturday..
“It clearly showed to us that Bernard, like he’s done before, hit himself in the helmet pretty hard and then a split-second after – a frame or two after – you see the official hit with his arm”.
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Ventura College would go on to win the game 35-29, knocking off the team ranked first in the JCFootball.com national poll entering the weekend.
