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REPLY: What scares me about trying to inject too much preventive officiating into this situation is this: What happens if the QB muffs the snap? If you've gone so far as to tell the defense or imply that the offense will be taking a knee, you might be robbing them of an opportunity to recover if they only go at it half-speed. And in such a situation, an intention to take a knee may go by the boards and A may end up trying to advance against a relaxed defense. This is only going to get you in trouble. My solution: pinch in tight and be ready to blow the whistle as soon as the QB 'genuflects' toward the ground. Also, if A tells me he's going to take a knee and he doesn't, I'm not flagging it as USC. It might offend my sensibilities. I will be giving their coach a good talking-to, but I'm not flagging it.
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Bob M.
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