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Mike, I believe that coaches should be required to take a Level 1 clinic at the minimum. I coached baseball for many years before I became an umpire. Boy, it changed my point of view of the game.
To bring it back to football, I was white hatting a minor game earlier this year. Last play of the half, QB says he is going to take a knee. He does, but the DE comes in and plows him. I throw the flag for UR.
Immediately, the coach of the OT calls to his captain that he wants to apply the yardage on the kick off in the third quarter. I announce the penalty and the DT coach goes ballistic.
Needless to say, the OT coach had done his homework and knew that there were only two penalties where you could apply the penalty at the start of the next quarter.
If coaches spent time learning the rule book, okay it takes years, they could better coach their team. I know that knowing the rule book made me a better baseball coach.
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