Fair Catch signal question.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by ajmc

Once again (or maybe "Still") it's a matter of "common sense" on the part of the covering official, to DETERMINE if whatever "signal" was given was innocuous and immaterial, or misleading (and therefore Invalid).

Yes, common sense should be used. But the problem is that the NCAA said that any signal, for the most part, would kill the play regardless of how the waive took place. And even in that situation the ruling from the NCAA is to just simply kill the play and not give a penalty. The NF has done no such thing, but states might have. So simply waving at shoulder length as if to say, "Getaway" was never illegal or considered an invalid signal. That is why it matters what the state you work in says or suggests and then move forward with that ruling. As usually things that start at other levels do not always come down to the other levels and people conflate the two issues.

Peace