[JRutledge]

I do not know why officials insist on stopping play for shoelaces coming untied and shoes coming off. Think about it this way, what if a player took their shoe off on purpose? Would you stop play every time someone did this no matter what?

Not only should you have not stopped play, you should have drew a line in the sand with coach. He would have had to move on at some point. And saying he was talking to his players would have stopped if you stuck him. Coaches know what they are doing. If we can give Ts for what is said in the huddle, then we can T them up for what they say to their players and you can hear them. I am not trying to pile on, but we cannot just use some rule we have never read or had interpreted. I understand that we want to keep players safe, but missing a shoe has not been determined to be something that is unsafe. At least not so much that we stop a break to correct the situation. Even a hurt player is not to cause a stoppage of play unless they are immediate danger. I do not see a shoe coming off as immediate danger.

Peace