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Originally Posted by ajmc
what Referee, worth his salt, would throw a crew member under the bus by identifying him to an irate, justifyably or not, coach on the spot?
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I think that's what we're all aghast about.
Doesn't mean it didn't happen that way. Doesn't mean it did.
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The fact that the Referee chose not to point out who was the particular official who actually sounded the IW shouldn't suggest, at least to other officials, that the crew was unsure that a whistle was inadvertently blown.
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If there was no IW, they'd have had to let the touchdown stand, though, wouldn't they?
Agreed, we don't know the whole circumstance, and likely never will.
I'd like to believe the best about my brothers in stripes. But I don't know what to think about this. And if
I can't trust the Sacramento Bee, I don't know what I can trust.