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Old Wed Sep 23, 2009, 10:05am
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Whenever a new ball is brought into play, the umpire should give it a quick inspection. If it's not legal or approved or has lost air, he simply tosses it back out and asks for another ball. There is no way that a team should be able to run a play with an illegal or non-conforming ball if the officiating crew does their job properly. Teams sometimes try to sneak in a bad ball - we just don't let them.
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Old Wed Sep 23, 2009, 12:30pm
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No I bet no one has ever gotten away with sneaking in a ball that wasn't checked by the officials before the game.
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Old Wed Sep 23, 2009, 01:30pm
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And butt blocking never called...NEVER!
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Old Wed Sep 23, 2009, 01:45pm
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never, you ever seen it called?
Me either!
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Old Wed Sep 23, 2009, 02:09pm
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never, you ever seen it called?
Me either!
I flagged an 8th grader for spearing a couple weeks ago...
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Old Thu Sep 24, 2009, 11:54am
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I flagged an 8th grader for spearing a couple weeks ago...
We had 2 penalties for spearing on Friday night, one on the runner. Coach couldn't believe it, naturally.
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Old Thu Sep 24, 2009, 01:04pm
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We had 2 penalties for spearing on Friday night, one on the runner. Coach couldn't believe it, naturally.
Had he ever seen that call? Ever?
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Old Thu Sep 24, 2009, 12:35pm
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No I bet no one has ever gotten away with sneaking in a ball that wasn't checked by the officials before the game.

I'm sure they have, but it's pretty easy to tell if they're legal. We had a team try and send in a ball that that was so soft you could almost bend it in half, and we rejected it. The coach swore it was approved before the game so I just told him sometimes balls lose air. The point is, it may be a switch but it would be hard to get something in that is going to give a team an unfair advantage.
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