Steve:

Instead of aurguing endlessly about a ruling that FED hasn't ruled on, why don't you have your assoc. contact your state interpretor to get a ruling.
I can assure you in a FED game I'm not opening a can of worms by calling a BR out when 99.9% of the participents would know there is even possibility of a play. That's too much of an advantage to the defense. The calling outs on leaving too early etc. At least every one knows what they are supposed to do. In this play I don't think anyone expects the BR to run it out. Even in a OBR game it would take a pretty savy manager to ask for that appeal.

I think you're beating a dead horse just to bolster your ego. If that is true I would hate to walk on a field with you.