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Old Sun Jan 22, 2012, 08:20pm
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The better question is why was Vernon Davis flagged for his TD celebration in the NFC game for standing on the TV camera stand? Why is jumping into the stands legal, but that is not? What is the difference? He didn't have the ball or use it for a prop either.
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Old Sun Jan 22, 2012, 08:29pm
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And by the way, I think the way the NFL rules are written/enforced are ridiculous when it comes to completing a catch (Like the Calvin Johnson catch last year), but the play in the OP from today was not even close to being a catch IMO.
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Old Mon Jan 23, 2012, 01:58am
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And by the way, I think the way the NFL rules are written/enforced are ridiculous when it comes to completing a catch (Like the Calvin Johnson catch last year), but the play in the OP from today was not even close to being a catch IMO.
You can thank instant replay for that. It has been a positive overall for the NFL but it has also made some rules or their interpretations become way too technical. This is an example. I prefer leaving this up to the judgement of the covering official on whether the receiver had control. When you go to frame by frame analysis of the catch in slow motion the interpretations have to become much more technical.

The same thing will happen in baseball when they eventually want to review every tag on a runner or the turn at 2nd base on a double play. They will get very technical on those rules as well.
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I prefer leaving this up to the judgement of the covering official on whether the receiver had control.
I may be wrong but replay didn't overturn this call, correct?
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Old Mon Jan 23, 2012, 11:33am
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I may be wrong but replay didn't overturn this call, correct?
The call was made on the field and was not even replayed.

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Old Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:41pm
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I may be wrong but replay didn't overturn this call, correct?
Replay did not review this play. It was not a scoring play (no automatic review), and Harbaugh did not challenge it. Had he challenged it, he would have lost.

Clearly the correct call, given the current NFL 'catch' philosophy. 20 years ago, this would have been a TD.
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Replay did not review this play. It was not a scoring play (no automatic review), and Harbaugh did not challenge it. Had he challenged it, he would have lost.

Clearly the correct call, given the current NFL 'catch' philosophy. 20 years ago, this would have been a TD.
It was under 2 minutes so it was out of Harbaugh's hands anyway.

And I do not even think this would have been a TD years ago, he never got down his other foot.

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Old Sun Jan 22, 2012, 08:37pm
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The better question is why was Vernon Davis flagged for his TD celebration in the NFC game for standing on the TV camera stand? Why is jumping into the stands legal, but that is not? What is the difference? He didn't have the ball or use it for a prop either.
The Lambeau Leap was grandfathered in.

Using a camera stand wasn't.
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Old Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:57pm
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The Lambeau Leap was grandfathered in.

Using a camera stand wasn't.
This.

As far as the incomplete, I wouldn't have a catch under NCAA either.
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The Lambeau Leap was grandfathered in.

Using a camera stand wasn't.
Ridiculous. One team gets to keep their "tradition", but everyone else gets penalized.
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Ridiculous. One team gets to keep their "tradition", but everyone else gets penalized.
Just another reason to hate the Packers
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Old Mon Jan 23, 2012, 09:11am
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Ridiculous. One team gets to keep their "tradition", but everyone else gets penalized.
There are several "celebrations" that are grandfathered-in -- it's not just the Lambeau leap.
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