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Forum: Football Tue Jul 29, 2008, 01:07am

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman "Recent"? Unless you're talking Canadian, that... "Recent"? Unless you're talking Canadian, that value of "recent" makes for the really looooong view of American football! In another thread I'm criticizing Mr. Redding for a quote that essentially...

Forum: Football Tue Jul 29, 2008, 12:55am

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman Yeah, and each rule broken into sections,... Yeah, and each rule broken into sections, paragraphs, etc., whoopee. Until a few years ago it was a lot more rules than that, they just reorganized them. Rugby's been thru that before, BTW, and so...

Forum: Football Fri Apr 11, 2008, 03:28pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman Only in 6 man! Only in 6 man!

Forum: Football Sat Apr 05, 2008, 02:25pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman No, you're reading the word may out of the rule. ... No, you're reading the word may out of the rule. And because "a kick" could be a drop kick, it's not even ruled out close to B's goal line.

Forum: Football Fri Feb 01, 2008, 03:44pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman Many times they've changed things just for the... Many times they've changed things just for the hell of it. When they added the 2 point try, and when NCAA put in 2-way scoring for the try, those changes weren't a response to any problem. (IMO the...

Forum: Football Fri Feb 01, 2008, 03:31pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman The same excuse Fed gave for banning kicks... The same excuse Fed gave for banning kicks following possession change during a down, and which they could use to outlaw any tactic that falls into disuse. Robert

Forum: Football Tue Jan 29, 2008, 09:21pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman "Recognized as unfair and/or difficult"? Was the... "Recognized as unfair and/or difficult"? Was the game unfair or difficult all those years before the forward pass was legalized? Was it unfair or difficult when a ballcarrier whose knee touched the...

Forum: Football Mon Jan 28, 2008, 05:53pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman And yet it was that way for decades after the... And yet it was that way for decades after the forward pass was legalized, with fewer officials on the field than now. Consider rugby, where there's just the referee keeping track of who's onside...

Forum: Football Mon Jan 28, 2008, 05:44pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman I don't think so. Read it and tell me when it's... I don't think so. Read it and tell me when it's not obvious a kick (any type of kick -- could be a drop kick) may be forthcoming? If they want to do something like that, they'll have to limit it...

Forum: Football Mon Jan 28, 2008, 05:32pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman No, or at least I'm not. Yes. The... No, or at least I'm not. Yes. The definition is clear. It's not the first time a rule change was intended to accomplish one thing but had unintended side effects. I'm sure when the relevant...

Forum: Football Sun Jan 27, 2008, 05:53pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman If they're players rather than substitutes, what... If they're players rather than substitutes, what are they doing running in from the sideline? To shift, they have to be players, and their shift can't start until they've been stationary. No way to...

Forum: Football Sat Jan 26, 2008, 02:03pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman You don't have to count the huddle, because the... You don't have to count the huddle, because the rule only takes effect for a player once that player assumes a position on the line. That's "an initial position on his line". The player could hop...

Forum: Football Thu Jan 24, 2008, 09:14pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman I think it's pretty simple: that after the ball... I think it's pretty simple: that after the ball is RFP, any player who assumes a set position legally on the line is in an "initial" position on the line, and remains so until s/he shifts or becomes...

Forum: Football Thu Jan 24, 2008, 08:50pm

Replies: 203 A-11 Offense ?? Views: 26,892 Posted By Robert Goodman Difficult to administer, sure. Patently unfair,... Difficult to administer, sure. Patently unfair, absurd. Over the years there have been times certain things about football have declared inviolate, saying not just that the rules are (at a given...

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