Fumble or not?

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by youngump

I just lurk here (different sport), but I looked up the NFHS rule for ending a period and I don't see anything that would make the son wrong. Can you provide me a reference?

This sounds like an excellent parental teaching opportunity to underscore and explain that searching for an over zealous and immaterial presumed technical violation that adds absolutely nothing of actual value to the intent or practical application of a rule, can more easily subvert the intended purpose of the rule than in any way support it.

Perhaps the father was more interested in demonstrating that being right can often be more important than just not being proven wrong.

[Rich]

Or maybe it was just a question.

Sometimes a cigar is merely a cigar.