Kill the Holder!

[ljudge]

You all bring up good points on what the rule should and shouldn't say and they are all logical. I'm going with my common sense and football sense here (right or wrong) of what I believe they really mean. And, I don't mean to imply you all don't have these "senses" I'm just saying what I believe is common sense and football sense in my mind.

That is, if the holder is touched while holding the ball for a kick the ball would remain live. I suppose if a player walked up and and touched a holder (as they do in the NFL when a player falls on his own) then I may be inclined to blow the whistle. If he is tackled while in possession of the ball it becomes dead.

I realize not everyone may agree but if the fed starts writing what they MEAN instead of leaving us GUESSING what they mean, then we'll get more consistent in calling (and enforcing) these types of situations.