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Old Sat Sep 20, 2008, 09:53pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee View Post
A friend of mine and I were discussing your OPI penalty. It is very harsh! We almost couldn't believe it!
Until about 1970 in NCAA, the penalty was loss of ball. And why not? If opponents have equal right to the pass, why shouldn't possession go to the player who was fouled? I'll take a rough guess that it was also loss of ball in Canadian football until approximately then.

Robert
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