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Originally Posted by scarolinablue
What dash said...
For whatever reason (my eighth year of FED ball and I still don't know the reason behind it...maybe lawump will read this and chime in...) we do not do appeals in South Carolina. If we see an appealable play, we call it. The burden is not on the defense to appeal, it is done automatically (assuming it is seen by the umpire).
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That used to be the FED rule. The reasoning was that in no other sport did the official note an infraction and wait to be told about it by the offended team before ruling on it.
FED changed the rule, but SC stuck with the "old" rule.