Flag thrown for TD Celebration

[TXMike]

This was reportedly the 18th time this season the kid had done this and nobody until this back judge decided it was worthy of a flag. I am going with the majority on this one. No flag

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by TXMike

This was reportedly the 18th time this season the kid had done this and nobody until this back judge decided it was worthy of a flag. I am going with the majority on this one. No flag

I wonder how many, of those18 times, an official may have whispered some words of sound advice into his helmet ear hole suggesting he not be so dramatic? I wonder if that same official might have whispered such advice into his ear hole earlier in this very contest?

If I bother to whisper advice into an ear hole, and whatever I was whispering about is subsequently ignored or repeated, most likely there will be a flag. Sometimes a brief comment or even just a stern look can send a smart player a teaching moment. Players not so smart may require additional measures.

[TXMike]

From the interview of the kid I'd say nobody ever whispered in his ear hole nor did anyone ever feel the need to do so.

In this particular game it was the kid's first score so there was no whispering done here either.

Your description of the kid's act as "dramatic" suggests you and I are never going to find agreement here. We are clearly "seeing" 2 very different actions.

[JRutledge]

I do not want to rip the guy, but this is common or minor in nature. If that was the first time he did that, talk to him. Now this official made a routine thing into a national issue where no one would have cared if he did nothing. We get ourselves in trouble by not using common sense.

Peace

[chseagle]

Looking at some of the articles posted, the flag was thrown for a DOG cause of not handing the ref the ball in timely manner.

[TXMike]

If that was the case it was an even weaker call

[chseagle]

I was thinking the same thing

Originally Posted by TXMike

If that was the case it was an even weaker call

[JasonTX]

Originally Posted by chseagle

Looking at some of the articles posted, the flag was thrown for a DOG cause of not handing the ref the ball in timely manner.

For 3 secs? I realize this is Fed rules and I don't think it should be much different than NCAA. Rogers Redding once said if you feel OK with it, then let it go. The rules are guidelines and can never cover each specific incident, so you have to go with your gut. My gut says this kid was thanking the man above and took less than 3 secs.