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Old Fri Jun 08, 2007, 12:20pm
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
That's what I was afraid of....

Wrong signal. The crossed arms is the signal for an intentional foul, not a flagrant foul. It's signal #34 on the NFHS chart. Intentional fouls and flagrant fouls are completely different animals, with completely different penalties. There is no official signal for a flagrant foul. A lot of officials do use the old baseball umpire heave-ho though.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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