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Old Mon Oct 10, 2011, 10:07am
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by stegenref View Post
R1 is in a position to field a punt. As the ball is in flight, I see his two hands come up in front of his chest and kind of swipe across his chest...almost like he was brushing some crumbs off the front of his jersey. I remember thinking, "Was that supposed to be a fair catch signal?" and thinking, "No way, that was way too subtle to be considered a signal."
I'd've assumed he was wiping his hands preparatory to catching the ball. If everybody stopped, maybe that means in their sandlot games that's a fair catch signal!
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