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Old Wed Nov 16, 2016, 10:40am
Raymond Raymond is offline
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Originally Posted by packersowner View Post
I'm in the camp that holding on the rim for safety is an overused excuse.....
Excuse = person explaining himself for his actions.

We go by judgment. WE judge whether or not the player did it for safety reasons.

This isn't about proving a point about something we don't personally like. It's about adjudicating the rules with our best, unbiased judgment. Supervisors don't want officials actively looking to make "I gotcha" calls.
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Last edited by Raymond; Wed Nov 16, 2016 at 10:43am.
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