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Originally Posted by With_Two_Flakes
Suppose a K player has a good chance to down the punt at the 1yd line but he sees the (invalid) Fair Catch signal and that slows him down and the ball goes into the EZ for a touchback?
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(Assuming the punt is still in the air...)
If K sees it and recognizes it as a fair catch signal, why would we judge it to be invalid? And if we do, how about a talk to instead of a flag?
I had a back judge flag this in a game (it was 3 really unnecessary flags in a row) and I asked him if anyone had any trouble recognizing it as a fair catch signal. He said no, but the kid didn't get his arm up high enough.
"Well," I said, "it was high enough for those who wanted to hit him. How about a talk to instead of a flag?"