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Old Thu Sep 17, 2009, 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by bbcof83 View Post
Say he touched very close to or at the neutral zone, it's bang bang. You are the LJ and it's totally your decision whether it is beyond or behind NZ. Which way do you lean?
I would suggest you totally remove words like near, very close, almost, kind of, slightly and little bit from your football vocabulary. The first thing that must be determined is whether something is, or isn't.

The only thing I can think of in the rules of football that happens simultaneously is a simultaneous catch, which is clearly defined. Rules are designed to separate black from white, yes from no, is from isn't. Like the word "Pregnant" there's only is, or isn't and nothing inbetween.
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