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Old Wed Sep 05, 2012, 01:31pm
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman View Post
I gather from everyone here -- and now a description on another board of an actual enforcement a coach witnessed -- that the understanding of it is the same as if the words "penalty of" were interpolated between "additional" and "15 yards". That would be soooo simple for the rules makers to write. This is why they need technical writing assistance. They didn't seem to have that problem until a little over 30 yrs. ago; before that, they seemed to know how to write clearly and concisely.
I'm confused... are you saying they need an editorial change because 64,952 of 64,952 officials understand it, but you don't?
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