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[FootballRef05]

What are you going to do if he rotates the ball end of end?

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by FootballRef05

What are you going to do if he rotates the ball end of end?

He can't pick it up, he did state is was 9th grade, I hope we can be educational and use a little preventive officiating here.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by FootballRef05

What are you going to do if he rotates the ball end of end?

At any age - "Don't do that". Probably at least twice before I flag this. Probably even twice, followed by a word sent to the coach to tell the kid to cut it out, before I flag this.

Don't pick nits. Officiate the game, don't over-officiate the game. Rule WITH the book. And 10 other cliches that say the same thing.

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

At any age - "Don't do that". Probably at least twice before I flag this. Probably even twice, followed by a word sent to the coach to tell the kid to cut it out, before I flag this.

Don't pick nits. Officiate the game, don't over-officiate the game. Rule WITH the book. And 10 other cliches that say the same thing.

Mcrowder has it right, we need to manage the game, not be part of it.

[MJT]

In an NFL training video they showed the center on a goal line play move the ball over a foot forward. The defense was now well in the NZ, however so was the offense. The supervisor said to "not call any foul on the play, especially not on the defense."

[FootballRef05]

Certainly we all understand preventive officiating however in the 10 years I have been doing this I have always been intrigued with how we interpert the rules and which ones we feel are nit picky and are allowed to be let go for a certain amount of time, and how each official has a different level of tolerance for this.

In this situation what the center is doing is clearly illegal, however the respinses have varied from talking to him, letting him do it several time before tossing a flag to no harm no foul. I guess this is part of what I love about officiating.

I would love to know how all of you would handle a D linemen with his hand in the NZ?

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by FootballRef05

Certainly we all understand preventive officiating however in the 10 years I have been doing this I have always been intrigued with how we interpert the rules and which ones we feel are nit picky and are allowed to be let go for a certain amount of time, and how each official has a different level of tolerance for this.

In this situation what the center is doing is clearly illegal, however the respinses have varied from talking to him, letting him do it several time before tossing a flag to no harm no foul. I guess this is part of what I love about officiating.

I would love to know how all of you would handle a D linemen with his hand in the NZ?

I would handle this way, if I am the wing official I would talk to my umpire and have him move the D player back. If the D player's team is on my side I would talk to the coach.

[FootballRef05]

When do you throw the flag? Off coach is in your ear, looking right down the NZ with you.