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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman (Post 858825)

Another part may be that for acts such as taunting, it may be difficult to determine the spot of the foul. So, for instance, a player running down the field flips the bird to someone. Is the spot of the foul where he was when he extended the finger, when he extended his arm enough to make it noticeable, or when the person he intended the message for noticed?

Well we have to figure this out in NCAA and frankly, I've never had a problem with it the few times I've called it. As the saying goes, sometimes you just have to officiate.

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Originally Posted by Welpe (Post 858852)

Well we have to figure this out in NCAA and frankly, I've never had a problem with it the few times I've called it. As the saying goes, sometimes you just have to officiate.

The one time I called this, it was not on the runner. Score was already out of hand and the runner was probably 50 yards ahead of me. A lineman started taunting a DL, across the line, so I flagged it. After explaining to the coach, that kid didn't come back on the field, and to my surprise, the coach thanked me for "having the balls to call that".