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Old Thu Dec 04, 2008, 08:00am
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Originally Posted by TXMike View Post
Naples Daily News : News, Weather and Entertainment for Southwest Florida

Go to this newspaper website and check out the video they have on right hand side of page It is from back of end zone and they even include rulebook quotes. Interestingly this is the newspaper of the town where the team is from that ended up with the W
Geez, guys (not us, the paper that produced this video), this is a high school game. It's great that they took the time and effort to become educated about the rules pertaining to this situation. It certainly looks like a simultaneous catch to me, but I'm sitting in front of a computer and not on the field of play. But was surprises me, is that the paper went through such extrodinary measures to show what they feel is an error in a high school game! It seems that these types of critical articles are popping up more and more in relation to high school games. Errors occur unfortunately. I don't understand team's desires to immediately call their lawyer when they feel they've been robbed. It's detrimental to HS sports.
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