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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 04:12pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
I don't see why that helps with being decisive. Default, to me, means this:

Every play will be a charge unless __________ happens.

This, of course, is true. But equally true is:

The play will be a block unless __________ happens.

Plays are frequently labeled as "one that could have gone either way." If this is true, some should indeed go each way. If you have a default, it seems that you would be falsely inclined to lean in one direction on a play that is that close.
We know what LGP is right? So if defenders start legal, they better do something illegal for me to call something on them. It really makes no difference to me what others do, I just think having a default is not crazy or improper. In most cases a player is going to have LGP at some point, whether they maintain it is another issue. Referee the defense then you know.

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