Announcers wanted U to signal TD

[saskbucks]

Can we not just agree to disagree on this one guys? It is different for each group, period. Different sized fields, different number of players, more room between the hashes, etc. It might not make sense to some, might make perfect sense to others.

[JugglingReferee]

I particularily like BBR's post.

Even after reading that Canadian mechanics are different because they have to be (larger field, different field layout), and that each Canadian official to date has said that the mechanics are fine and we are trained appropriately, he still thinks it's a poor mechanic, simply because NFL guys don't do it, that our side guys don't know how to close down, and that in goal line play, our Umpires somehow forget to watch line play. Oh yeah, and he has years of experience behind him to back up his statements.

Lah me....

There's an adage I hear a lot in basketball: trust your partner(s)! Canadians know that in 99.99% of the cases, US umpires do not signal a major. It was simply mentioned that in our game, such is not the case. In discussing this mechanic, all US officials need to do is trust their Great White North brethern and accept that Cdn Us called TDs is the right thing to do.

At least mbcrowder started to get on the right track. His comment that the U and side guys each do their job own job and not another's job is very well said. Unfortunately, his statement that being closer is not better falls off the track if he's commenting on anything other than US-only philosophies. The HL and LJ do have forward progress "all over the rest of the field", except in cases that are similar to this goal line play we're talking about. But then again, you didn't know that because (a) you have no experience with this mechanic, and (b) we have yet to talk about non-goal line mechanics.