Thread: Mercy Rule
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Old Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:55am
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Originally Posted by bigjohn View Post
My question is this, is getting blown out an emergency? What kind of emergency was this rule written to cover? Maybe darkness on a field with no lights???

I can't think of any other EMERGENCY that might warrant shortening a game and not just ending it abruptly or postponing it.
Shortening a game and ending it abruptly are the same thing.
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