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Originally Posted by Tio
The spirit of that rule is to penalize taunting or showmanship a la Chad Ocho-cinco.
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Were you there when the coaches on the rule committee added the specific wording to the rule that addressed throwing the ball high into the air? Or are you saying the rule should only apply to WR's and players from the Da U?
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Originally Posted by Tio
There would have been no complaints from BYU had no flag been thrown. Our rules are guidelines many of which do have gray areas in which great officials can interpret the spirit of the rule and properly apply it to the action on the field.
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Not according to the BYU announcers. They were looking for a flag immediately.
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Tio, when would you flag a player for throwing the ball high in the air after a touchdown? And if a player dunked a basketball with 5 seconds left to put his team up by 1 point would you let him do a chin-up and/or slap the backboard? Would you let him do the shirt jesture? Or pull his shirt over his head?