Fair Catch signal question.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Maybe, but last year I saw a Sussex Stags adult player blatantly, ridiculously ignore a "Poison!" call from the bench to fruitlessly play a short punt, resulting in team K's getting possession after his touch of it.

OK. I did not realize simply yelling "Poison" killed the play.

My point is we have for years allowed players to give a signal to "get away" from the ball and only when college put in a rule that kills the play (and does not make it a penalty BTW), we have this discussion. The only time this was ever a penalty is if he mirrored or looked like a fair catch signal. I see nothing here that changes my mind on that fact. Again nothing wrong if someone or some state decides that needs to change, but my point is it does not appear it is that explicit. The play in question that was referenced is not the real world situation that many see. And if they want to change the ruling, just make that clear to all. But again we have a basketball rule changed for something that someone was convinced was illegal but no one ever saw or ruled that way in the first place. So the NF ties themselves in knots often.

Peace