(09-16-2018 09:37 AM)I45owl Wrote:  

(09-15-2018 05:26 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  Wow. Props to the refs for having enough imagimation to not blow the whistle too soon.

I don't like exploiting a rule that is created for the returner's safety.

I kind of suspected this part. Intuitively, having refereed soccer, I would make the call in the "Spirit of the Rules", and I'd blow the whistle when all of the players stop... this is common in youth soccer even when there is no real foul or the ball doesn't go out of bounds - if all of the players freeze, it's just easier to blow the whistle for a throw-in or whatever.

But, when you see a train wreck coming as the result of a bad decision by a player and when you have any leeway, I think you blow the whistle. In football, I think the only way you don't blow the whistle is if the coaching staff has informed you prior to the game, and any leeway that you have is gone...


North Texas’ FAKE FAIR CATCH trick play, explained by the coach - SBNation.com

North Texas’ FAKE FAIR CATCH trick play, explained by the coach - SBNation.com Wrote:One other group might have had a role to play: the officials. North Texas could have alerted them not to instinctively whistle the play dead when Brewer was at his standstill. It’s common for teams to communicate with refs about specific odd situations in advance. “I’m not allowed to tell you that, if you don’t mind,” Biagi says.