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Originally Posted by TXMike
Adams said the refs should have taken action under a rule that states: "If an obviously unfair act not specifically covered by the rules occurs during the game, the referee may take any action he considers equitable, including assessing a penalty."
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The problem (at least to me) with his comments at the time are that this obviously unfair act IS specifically covered by the rules. I truly think that if the referee on ths spot took matters into his own hands and started invoking this rule, he'd have been crucified in the press and possibly by the NCAA afterward.
The whole fiasco lies at the feet of the NCAA, who SHOULD have been able to anticipate such a misuse of the rule (heck ... we did here!) and write the rule correctly to avoid such an instance.