As I had expected, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) rejected a protest lodged by Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao regarding his unpopular 12-round draw decision against world featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico, on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Casino Hotel in Las Vegas.
Regardless of the sport and unless there are blatant errors of fact, sports administrators are most unlikely to change judgment calls or decisions handed down by arbiters whom such administrators picked in the first place.
In addition, except in some collegiate leagues in this country which have weird rules, contests are won or lost in the playing arena and not in board rooms as mandated by technical committees. In short, you win or lose a fight in the playing field and not through some technicality, except, as I said, in some collegiate leagues hereabouts.
