Mark Padgett wroteDon't football officials have to count both teams? That would be 22. I guess only officials with extra toes can work games. That's scary. 🙄
Wait - you could get to 21 without extra toes if you use your, er, never mind. In fact, that's scarier. :eek:
Actually, in American football, there is no need to use the feet or the ____ while counting! Here's why:
Associating a number with a player that you've already identified is only so that you don't identify him again as a player. So, you really only need to count to 10, twice. Once you reach the 10th player, you only need to see one more. If there is more than 1 more, then a flag will/could come out. This decision on whether or not to throw a flag arises at one less than the number or legally prescribed simultaneous participants per team. 😉
In Canadian football, there are 12 per team, so we need to count to 11, twice. 😀