NFHS Questionairre

[Rich]

I'm amazed that so many have such an antiquated notion of what's right.

If you asked 10 people what it should be after a 10-yard holding foul on 1st and 10, 9 would say it should be 1st and 20.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Rich

I'm amazed that so many have such an antiquated notion of what's right.

If you asked 10 people what it should be after a 10-yard holding foul on 1st and 10, 9 would say it should be 1st and 20.

Can't tell if sarcastic.

Probably those 9 people wouldn't be thinking about it enough to realize that a lot of action might've occurred before the foul. If they actually saw it on the field, I doubt many of them would think that a foul that occurred +/- 40 yards from the previous spot should be penalized from the previous spot, let alone a foul that occurred after a change of possession. They're just giving a glib answer to get on to more interesting questions in the poll, like who should be president or whether GMO organisms should be banned. They'd think you were just asking a screening question to determine whether the respondent was familiar with football, for some reason the poll taker wanted to group such respondents.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Rich

I'm amazed that so many have such an antiquated notion of what's right.

If you asked 10 people what it should be after a 10-yard holding foul on 1st and 10, 9 would say it should be 1st and 20.

Why should be care what 9 out of 10 people (who may or may not have any idea what they are talking about) think the proper response is? Our role is to KNOW, and depending on which code we are working under, do what's right.