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Originally Posted by BillP73
It seems to me that based on that logic, there's no need for about 50% of this message board. Or at the very least, everyone should be obligated to order a copy of the most recent release of interps from the given league in question before positing any opinions.
I don't think taking the rules as published at face value, and offering an opinion that corresponds with them, is irresponsible, nor implying that the refs in question aren't "good".
One official blew/signaled the play dead well before it hit an out-of-bounds object. So no matter how you look at it, an official, at some juncture, didn't get the call exactly right here. Fine. They are not robots.
On the other hand...they are not robots. Even when they may take 6 minutes to make a decision.
Can't really have it both ways.
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I don't really have a problem with people asking questions and trying to understand. I do have a problem with us assuming they got it wrong because we dont understand, which some of us are clearly doing. Perhaps not you. I don't KNOW that "One official blew/signaled the play dead". We hear a whistle, but we don't know why that whistle was blown. Perhaps it was just a premature whistle, knowing full well that the clock hadn't started and that the ball was going out of bounds. THat is, we don't know what that ref was thinking, so we can't assum it was supposed to be a signal as to when the clock should stop. I just think that all the comments about "I can't believe the ref ignored the whistle, and timed clear till the ball touched the table person?" are really short-sighted and small minded.