The forfeiture of the playoffs was not from the district committee, it was not from the referees and it was not from the UIL. The forfeit was from their own administration. It was not a punishment from any outside authority but probably from an embarrassed and rightfully disgust school board who swiftly took action.
The arrest for assault by the police has nothing to do with the game. It is a police and district attorney matter just as any other criminal charge. If the DA doesn’t want to prosecute and simply refuses charges or reduce it to a $10 fine only in a plea deal, that is within the DA’’s prerogative.