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Old Fri Jan 27, 2006, 05:30pm
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I think it has to do with defining when the ball is "gathered". If the play is fast enough, it's hard to tell whether the player had both feet on the ground when the ball was actually completely "pulled in" or not, so the ref gives the benefit of the doubt.
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