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Old Mon Sep 26, 2005, 01:28pm
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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Y'all are missing the question. Obviously, U should have kept his mouth shut until he either A) heard a whistle, or B) actually saw the person in possession of the ball touching the ground. On that, I believe we can all agree.

The question is, however, if this DID happen, would you treat it like the play was over, like an IW, or play on? Personally, I'd prefer to see this handled like an IW. The umpire directing traffic telling kids what to do IS equivalent to him blowing a whistle.
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