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Old Mon Aug 15, 2011, 09:03pm
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Better be sure you don't throw an altered flag and injure someone.
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Old Tue Aug 16, 2011, 10:26am
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Athletic tape will add weight but not create any foreign particulates that might injure a player.

In the past prior to the lawsuit epidemic I did use fishing sinkers.
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Old Wed Aug 17, 2011, 08:21pm
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A little tape works good. We use black ball flags with the black pants and electrical tape seems to work great. Long toss flags are the best thing out there (especially for backjudges)
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Old Thu Aug 18, 2011, 11:32am
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A little tape works good. We use black ball flags with the black pants and electrical tape seems to work great. Long toss flags are the best thing out there (especially for backjudges)
Agree.

I know several people who use the long toss flags that don't work as backjudge.
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Old Thu Aug 18, 2011, 06:12pm
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Agree.

I know several people who use the long toss flags that don't work as backjudge.
Count me in that group. I've got scrawny little arms and need all the help I can get to get the flag to the right spot for fouls from the LJ spot.
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Old Thu Aug 18, 2011, 07:10pm
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All one needs is the yard line foul occurred on. Why you need to rifle it 30 yrds?
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Old Thu Aug 18, 2011, 08:48pm
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All one needs is the yard line foul occurred on. Why you need to rifle it 30 yrds?
Because as a back judge, you could be 30 yards from the yard line.
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Old Thu Aug 18, 2011, 10:27pm
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All one needs is the yard line foul occurred on. Why you need to rifle it 30 yrds?
A BJ might have a hold/clip/BIB near the LOS and they are very far away.

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Old Sun Aug 21, 2011, 01:45am
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Better be sure you don't throw an altered flag and injure someone.
Really?!?!? I feel bad for people that live in fear of the legal boogeyman.
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Old Sun Aug 21, 2011, 05:43pm
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Really?!?!? I feel bad for people that live in fear of the legal boogeyman.
The NFL got sued for an unaltered flag that hit a player in the eye. We can be sued for anything under the right circumstances.

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Old Mon Aug 22, 2011, 03:18pm
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There's no legal protection for an "unaltered" flag. Altering it in a reasonable manner should be fine.

I've been hit in the face with all sorts of crap -- baseballs, softballs, footballs, ice, even a BB or two. I'll take a long toss Honigs flag thrown from 5 feet away ANY time against any of this. This is sort of like stepping on someone's foot with cleated shoes: certain equipment is required and necessary and injuring someone with reasonable equipment accidentally is not going to be actionable in most states.
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