During Saturday’s rant, Frank Martin noted a message could be coming this way.
The South Carolina basketball coach on Monday was publcily reprimanded by the SEC and fined $125,000 for his comments following USC’s loss to Florida. Martin was issued a technical foul by Lee Cassell late in te first half. Martin, though he didn’t mention him by name, questioned why Cassell was still working SEC games.
“I’ve never, ever, ever spoken about officials because they got a hard job,” Martin said, “but for our league office to allow that to happen, that’s wrong. I’m sure someone’s going to call me and say, ‘Why did you say that?