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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by mick
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
Oh my.
Someone's gotta call that one.
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Dan,
How 'bout this as a possible train of thought?
Lead sees the contact and both players are going toward the endline and "out of the play". Though possibly intentional, the contact is passed because at that time the play was unaffected.
Now, when the pusher does get the ball (an the advantage was gained due to a long rebound), it is now too late for the offiical to call that hold/block.
mick
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Agree with Dan. You could be a l'il late(or more) on the whistle, but when the player doing the pushing actually gets the rebound as a result of his illegal act, ya gotta call it. I can see the L getting a heckuva lot more crap from his supervisor for letting this one go than if he hadda called it a l'il bit late. Definite advantage gained with the pushoff.
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Yep, this is exactly what I meant. *Someone* had to have called that, especially when the offender gets the ball.