take a knee?

[maven]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Actually that was Golic's major point...just because they have possession of the ball does not mean they get to dictate to the defense - by dint of "unwrtieen rule" - that the game is over.

First, it's unwritten rule that the offense but not the defense gets to do this. Golic doesn't get to invent his own unwritten rules, even if he doesn't like the ones that exist.

Unwritten rules exist at the pleasure of the players: if enough players abandon this one, it will go away. :shrug:

And yes, the offense gets to decide whether to take a knee, because they control the ball and the clock. The defense can stop the clock only with a time out. That's not dictating anything to the defense, it's clock management. The defense can't do the same.