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Post by Redwaver on Oct 26, 2016 9:13:49 GMT -6
Why dI'd they use this rule that was used to make it a nonreviewable play "A fumble after the whistle has blown. At that point, the play is considered dead and can not be reviewed." Your acquaintance is exactly correct. The whistle is a signal to let the players and officials know the play is over. When a runner is down by rule the play is over, even if a whistle never blows. Also the play is over when the runner or the ball are out of bounds, when a pass is incomplete, when a touchback occurs.............. all these events end the play whether or not a whistle blows. Officials are taught to only blow the whistle if they can see the football and have firsthand knowledge that the play is over. Blowing a whistle without these two criteria is a recipe for disaster (aka an inadvertent whistle). One of the very last things I say to my crew at mid-field before the kickoff is "Don't even reach for your whistle if you don't see the football!" There you go, that's how the rule reads and should be applied! Thanks!
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Oct 26, 2016 11:00:16 GMT -6
I wasn't too upset about it. Santa Clause came when the Clemson kick returner dropped the ball at the half yard line. Not getting that fumble was the universe course correcting itself, I suppose.
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Post by Redwaver on Oct 26, 2016 22:27:08 GMT -6
I wasn't too upset about it. Santa Clause came when the Clemson kick returner dropped the ball at the half yard line. Not getting that fumble was the universe course correcting itself, I suppose. Yea, I guess! There no penalty for being dumb and that was a dumb move!:-)
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