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Originally posted by Bluefoot
Are we ever supposed to provide any instruction or help to a team when it is making an improper appeal?
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No, because that would be aiding the defense.
However, you can ask questions to save time. For example, little kids ball, coach is screaming for his players to appeal. Players aren't getting the coach's instructions. Now, you could just let this continue until the coach finally gets through, or you could ask a nearby player, "What is your coach saying?"
Of course, this assumes a dead ball & situation where the offense may not legally return to retouch. Since you don't want to take away the offensive coach's opportunity to begin screaming at his runner to return and retouch, and miss the battle of "which team gets it first!"
