Rule 5-1-1: Bizarre state rule interpretation?

[WestCoaster]

Originally Posted by Canned Heat

I've done plenty of games where the down was incorrect for a play here or play there up top when the clock / SB operator spilled is 7-up or dropped his hot dog up in the booth or is trying to do double duty with stats or ?? and we don't shut everything down for that either. How many times have you seen 2nd and 10 on the board and its really 2nd and 4? Do you kill it for that correction too? Not a chance.

We're talking about what is typically a one or two time occurrence, at most, in a game. Typically a lower level game, to boot. And you can almost guarantee whatever team is on offense is going to go bonkers when you're shutting everything down to fix a down marker after you just announced and visualized it at mid-field for both teams, when that staff thinks they may have the defense tired out and on their heels. Just my 2 cents, but why borrow trouble here?

Agree with this