Proper spot and down?

Rich · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Sep 23, 2011, 04:30pm

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

But if you don't know the ball is dead -- because you can't see it -- what authority do you have to clean up the pile?

Seriously? We have all the authority we need out there.

Robert Goodman · #2 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 24, 2011, 08:07am

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Originally Posted by RichMSN

Seriously? We have all the authority we need out there.

You don't see a player in possession of the ball, so you can't rule that a runner is down. So what right do you have to interfere with play of a live ball?

Welpe · #3 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 24, 2011, 10:29am

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

You don't see a player in possession of the ball, so you can't rule that a runner is down. So what right do you have to interfere with play of a live ball?

Yes, let's just let them kill each other while we try to determine if the ball is down. Please be sure to tell the NCAA and NFL officials that they are not doing it properly either.

Rich · #4 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 24, 2011, 02:05pm

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

You don't see a player in possession of the ball, so you can't rule that a runner is down. So what right do you have to interfere with play of a live ball?

Look at NFHS Fundamental III-1. The whistle seldom kills the ball -- it is already dead by rule.

Robert Goodman · #5 (**permalink**) Sat Sep 24, 2011, 10:08pm

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Originally Posted by RichMSN

Look at NFHS Fundamental III-1. The whistle seldom kills the ball -- it is already dead by rule.

So you're just guessing that somebody has possession of it, because you can't see it and it's somewhere in a pile of bodies. Explain why that reason for treating the ball as dead is any better than mine.

Rich · #6 (**permalink**) Sun Sep 25, 2011, 02:18am

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

So you're just guessing that somebody has possession of it, because you can't see it and it's somewhere in a pile of bodies. Explain why that reason for treating the ball as dead is any better than mine.

Because it is. When's the last time you dug a ball out of a pile?

Robert Goodman · #7 (**permalink**) Sun Sep 25, 2011, 09:57am

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Because it is. When's the last time you dug a ball out of a pile?

Wednesday, but what's that got to do with anything?

Welpe · #8 (**permalink**) Sun Sep 25, 2011, 04:27pm

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Wednesday, but what's that got to do with anything?

Was this at practice?

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