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Old Sun Sep 10, 2006, 10:51pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by bossman72
Sorry for chiming in with the stupid question, but do the bean bags really have any practical use? I know it's used to mark where the ball was fumbled or where a kick was caught/touched among other things that i'm not totally sure of, but why do those need marked?
How are you going to determine where the end of the related run is when you do not use a bean bag? How do you know where the PSK spot might be? I do not know about you, but I cannot just remember those things without a guide.

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Originally Posted by bossman72
ps- i'll be occasionally popping in with very basic questions since i'm considering going into football officiating in a couple years. i just want to get a little bit of a jump on the rules and mechanics (just baby steps though).
Well when you start officiating football, I hope that people do not consider your questions to be stupid. We all had to start somewhere.

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