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Originally Posted by Adam
Personally, I think this is a bit harsh, but I'm only a sophomore fb official.
If I thought the kid was disoriented and only standing because he couldn't figure it out, I'd kill the play. If I thought he was trying to advance, I'd let it play out.
I'm not sure I'd judge someone harshly for killing it, though. Do you really think the NFHS rule writers took the possibility of a sideways/backwards helmet into account when writing the rule? If so, ok. I'm just not as confident.
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You know that they never come up with every possible scenario to cover a situation. But that does not mean we change rules just to satisfy some personal fear. Just like in basketball we do not automatically kill the play because a player goes down and is hurt. We wait until either they are in immediate danger or the opposing team has completed an opportunity to complete the play. Well this player in this video could have stayed down or went down. And in football we do not kill plays because a player in in danger or even hurt. Not sure why this is any different.
Peace