ACC Suspends Refs, Reprimands Others
 

ACC suspends UNC's Rashad, officials in 2 games

Thoughts?

Saw the UNC-Duke game, really thought the contact was accidental. Whether it has to be penalized under NCAA rules, I do not know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=e6D1ztH2Im4

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On the 10-second subtraction, the referee is suspended for getting it right eventually. I think that's a shame.

Wonder if I can get the kid that ran into me accidentally and scraped my nose suspended?

In no particular order:

The contact may have been an accident but I think a foul could still be justified.

The ACC sure likes to suspend football officials.

Both of those teams sure look funny in football gear.

Even if it's not 15 for PF or USC ... it's surely 5. How could they have no foul.

5 yards for what?

I'd treat him as a player and apply 7-1-5.



ARTICLE 5. The defensive team requirements are as follows:
a. Each of the following (1-5) is a dead ball foul. Officials should blow the
whistle and not allow the play to continue. After the ball is ready for play
and before the ball is snapped:

1. No player may touch the ball except when moved illegally as in Rule
7-1-3-a-1, nor may any player contact an opponent or in any other way
interfere with him.(A.R. 7-1-5-I-II).

Looking at this play again, I'd have a minimum dead ball personal foul. I think a flagrant foul could be ocnsidered here.

Is he a player before he notifies the player he's replacing (or meets the other criteria for being a player)?

I'd say he's close enough in this case.

It looks to me that the defender seeks contact with the receiver. I think this was done on purpose and I am actually surprised this was missed.

Peace

Did he not contact an opponent on the wrong side of the ball?

Jeff, the defender is not even looking in that direction. Perhaps he heard something, but to me it looks like the defender is doing nothing intentional here.