End of Game Punch

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by MJT

You have not yet ended the game until the R raises the ball above his head, so as Walt said, you have a DQ, which will probably affect him for at least one game.

This is something that I am glad to hear. In Canada, the game would be over and no penalty could be applied - including DQ.

In basketball, the game isn't over until the officials "leave the visual confines of the playing area". It's good to see that a similar event exists, for football, after the last tackle.

(Although, I do think that the R having to lift a ball above his head is stupid. What happens if the ball is 60 yards downfield on a hail mary pass? The ball has to be retrieved just to end the game? Silly.)