# Why was this coach suspended?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 20, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-coach-suspended/650919 "2013-02-20T23:40:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-coach-suspended/650919/1 "2013-02-20T23:40:02Z")

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[North Dakota has suspended men’s basketball play-by-play radio announcer Paul Ralston for two games after he used the phrase “choke job” following an overtime loss to Northern Arizona.](http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8966526/paul-ralston-play-play-announcer-suspended-saying-choke-job-north-dakota-basketball-game)

I don’t understand the problem. Is it that it was too-harsh language for the Snowflakes? or am I missing something?

Edit : Yeah, not a coach, an announcer. Messed up the title. But I still don’t see the problem.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-coach-suspended/650919/2 "2013-02-21T01:12:09Z")

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The announcer is an employee of the university. The coach and athletic director were not pleased by someone who is paid out of the athletic department’s budget telling the coach over a statewide radio network that the basketball team “choked.”

Simple.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-coach-suspended/650919/3 "2013-02-21T01:23:02Z")

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Because “choke job” is a highly-explicit term for a blowjob where the woman chokes during the process.

Thank you, Urbandictionary!

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-coach-suspended/650919/4 "2013-02-21T02:17:27Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> The announcer is an employee of the university. The coach and athletic director were not pleased by someone who is paid out of the athletic department’s budget telling the coach over a statewide radio network that the basketball team “choked.”
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> Simple.

I suppose that this is the answer, but it seems like I’ve heard this and worse watching games. Then again, that’s generally NOT on school-sponsored media. Guess you’re right.

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**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-coach-suspended/650919/5 "2013-02-21T22:43:35Z")

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> [@Rachellelogram](#):
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> Because “choke job” is a highly-explicit term for a blowjob where the woman chokes during the process.
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> Thank you, Urbandictionary!

No, it isn’t. Not in this context.