—"and that is a lifetime ban, effective the moment the boards were folded," the league commissioner said Friday, standing on the gravel where it happened. Behind him, the bags sat untouched in a milk crate. Nobody moved.
The ruling came down against San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York, who was arrested at an Ohio trailer park over the weekend and pleaded no contest to two misdemeanour charges. The court gave him a fine and two days. The cornhole league gave him forever.
All 26 members voted. The commissioner described the deliberation as the longest night of his adult life.
"We have a doubles bracket. We have a standard. One of those things is negotiable and it isn't the bracket."
League officials confirmed York's name has been scraped off the sign-up clipboard with a butter knife. His partner slot goes to an alternate who has been waiting since spring.
