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Originally Posted by MJT
IG is one of the types of IFP's. It has it's one signal, but is a type of IFP.
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yes, but according to that logic, the ref could say "illegal play" or something even more general, because technically IG is an IFP which is an illegal play. refs are very specific in the calls, they wouldn't give some generic call like that. i've heard refs explain things in detail many times, sometimes taking as many as 4 sentences for a call. also, it's 10 yards and loss of down for IG, but IFP has a different penalty (too lazy to look it up).
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Originally Posted by SportsFan
Yes, but why did the referee say IFP this time. Isn't it standard protocol in the NFL to call it intentional grounding?
EDIT: The official for the game was Alberto Riveron. This is his first year as referee, so I probably haven't heard him before. I suppose he likes to call all IFPs like that, but he had several Fox analysts confused, including Troy Aikman and Michael Strahan.
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you are correct. see the above.