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Originally Posted by Jim D.
Actually, the more proper philosophy is that if it is away from the hold it still is a hold, but to make the game flow more smoothly you chose not to enforce it. Nothing makes it legal if it's away from the play, and we're giving the team a break by not calling it. If you need to call it because it's persistant, then feel free to do so. You don't owe the team a free pass on an illegal technique.
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I actually got chewed out by a white hat once in a freshman game for flagging a hold when the play was going towards the other side when I was the linesman. Ever since, I've come to see the philosophy is widespread, even at the college level.