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What Rich said. Also, while Sideline nonsense was a POE a couple of years ago - after that it became something the coaches were aware of (mostly) and didn't violate often. That first year where it became important, I probably flagged a sideline warning in 50-60% of the games early in the season, decreasing as the season progressed. The next year - maybe twice all year. After than - it's possible I went a year without having to call it.
So - this year, this call - enforcement is not top of mind. It's not an excuse - but it's probably a contributing factor to the whitehat's error - he hadn't had to enforce that particular penalty in quite a while. Possibly neither had the rest of the crew.
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