Zycorrian Robinson from Spartanburg (S.C.) High School threw up a Hail Mary shot from about 80 feet away at the end of a state championship game last Friday that, according to some people, appeared to leave his hands before time ran out and give his team the victory. Pandemonium broke out, fans rushed the court and the Spartanburg team leaped for understandable joy.

However, the three game officials gathered, discussed the situation and ruled that Robinson's shot did not get off in time, giving the win and the title to Summerville. That should have been the end of it, right? The Spartanburg kids learn a hard lesson about the vicissitudes of life and go on to grow and prosper, right?

Well, send in the clowns, er, politicians. The speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House as well as another state representative have entered a bill requiring the state's High School League to use instant replay in state championship football and basketball playoff games.

Where to begin?

First, the National Federation of State High School Associations prohibits replay in high school competition, and the South Carolina High School League is a part of the federation.

Secondly, don't the other sports count too? Shouldn't the boys who play soccer and the girls who play field hockey and all the other sports also have their games subject to replay or are football and basketball the only sports that matter?

Of course, the third and most important point here is the obvious one: Don't state legislators have better things to do to occupy their time than to insert themselves into kids games? We already know the answer to that one, don't we?

By the way, if you're curious, here are links to the disputed shot via video and through frame-by-frame shots lifted from the video.

You make the call.