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Old Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:10pm
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman View Post
They are, but that doesn't make them wrong. NCAA got rid of the LOD for OPI in the 1980s IIRC. NFL I don't remember -- might've gotten rid of it about 15 yrs. earlier or maybe went straight from loss of ball to the distance penalty with no LOD. I believe it was loss of ball in Canadian football until some time in the 1960s, as with other loose ball interference.
So for 50+ years, the Fed hasn't believed that removing the LOD is a good thing. Good for them for sticking to their guns!
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