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Forum: Football Thu Apr 21, 2022, 01:28pm

Replies: 11 Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) Views: 384 Posted By Robert Goodman I haven't been able to find any online discussion... I haven't been able to find any online discussion which would elucidate further. Everyone else discussing it is, at best, at a loss to explain it. However, here's what I think must have happened,...

Forum: Football Mon Apr 18, 2022, 04:55pm

Replies: 11 Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) Views: 384 Posted By Robert Goodman Don't people discuss stuff like this all the time... Don't people discuss stuff like this all the time here? The only documentation I have from my searching so far was that it was a Monday night game, as you can see via...

Forum: Football Mon Apr 18, 2022, 08:10am

Replies: 11 Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) Views: 384 Posted By Robert Goodman That would be interesting if it's true. If... That would be interesting if it's true. If you're snapping hand-to-hands, there is that instant where the snapper has slapped the ball into a quarterback's hands and both at once have at least one...

Forum: Football Sun Apr 17, 2022, 10:24am

Replies: 11 Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) Views: 384 Posted By Robert Goodman The rule explicitly (needlessly IMO) covers the... The rule explicitly (needlessly IMO) covers the case where the ball strikes the ground, with or without being muffed by a receiver. And I already wrote upthread that NFL used to have a rule that...

Forum: Football Sat Apr 16, 2022, 03:56pm

Replies: 11 Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) Views: 384 Posted By Robert Goodman *NFL defines "pass" so as to include handing the... *NFL defines "pass" so as to include handing the ball. This was the old rule before NCAA defined "handing the ball" separately. Strangely enough, NFL too now has a definition of "handing the ball",...

Forum: Football Thu Apr 14, 2022, 06:47pm

Replies: 11 Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) Views: 384 Posted By Robert Goodman It obviously wasn't a planned play, which in NCAA... It obviously wasn't a planned play, which in NCAA and Fed rules wouldn't kill the ball anyway, but be flagged live. But I'm pretty sure the NFL never legislated against that anyway. NFL...

Forum: Football Wed Apr 13, 2022, 12:51pm

Replies: 11 Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) Views: 384 Posted By Robert Goodman Is this a snap infraction? (NFL) From a compilation on YouTube. (https://youtu.be/1IZOpPYcy14?t=73) I can't see anything illegal about it, just that the snapper goofed and the officials bailed the team out instead of allowing the...

Forum: Softball Sat Apr 02, 2022, 01:49pm

Replies: 2 Flower in player's hair Views: 261 Posted By Robert Goodman This is just evidence softball has slowed down so... This is just evidence softball has slowed down so much, a garden can grow in your hair.

Forum: Basketball Thu Mar 31, 2022, 05:04pm

Replies: 14 Precision Time in NCAAs Views: 693 Posted By Robert Goodman Ha, like the 1-minute flag in Canadian football. Ha, like the 1-minute flag in Canadian football.

Forum: Football Thu Nov 18, 2021, 07:54am

Replies: 7 Is this batting by #13? Views: 611 Posted By Robert Goodman What I gather from this discussion is that, for a... What I gather from this discussion is that, for a ruling of batting a loose ball, the player who does so has to know or perceive that the ball is loose to begin with -- that the mere intention to...

Forum: Football Fri Nov 12, 2021, 08:52pm

Replies: 7 Is this batting by #13? Views: 611 Posted By Robert Goodman Various players of both sides had opportunity to... Various players of both sides had opportunity to do so. But the batting -- he was trying to propel the ball in that direction, so isn't that intentional?

Forum: Football Fri Nov 12, 2021, 08:49pm

Replies: 7 Is this batting by #13? Views: 611 Posted By Robert Goodman No, I mean after he fumbled it. When his hand... No, I mean after he fumbled it. When his hand knocked the ball forward.

Forum: Football Fri Nov 12, 2021, 08:58am

Replies: 7 Is this batting by #13? Views: 611 Posted By Robert Goodman Is this batting by #13? How could the fumble stand without subsequent batting? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grGxTt_C1L4&lc=Ugwl3Zm2xdbKzIvDHSp4AaABAg.9UbemhegtSA9UdIxBsDhC-) #13 was trying to propel the ball, not...

Forum: Football Fri Oct 29, 2021, 10:27am

Replies: 8 Fumble Recovery / OOB Views: 281 Posted By Robert Goodman This discussion made me check, and I saw... This discussion made me check, and I saw something surprising: that NCAA currently has no equivalent of Fed's illegal participation foul regarding players who voluntarily go out of bounds while the...

Forum: Football Wed Oct 13, 2021, 12:35pm

Replies: 1 Now THIS is positioning! Views: 260 Posted By Robert Goodman Now THIS is positioning! Watch the far sideline wing official from the beginning of this NFL play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE9TKU2pGc0 At the snap, he moves slightly downfield to the limit of the expanded...

Forum: Basketball Thu Oct 07, 2021, 08:23am

Replies: 134 Its Got No Teeth ... Views: 2,323 Posted By Robert Goodman Going by nothing but common sense, it seems to me... Going by nothing but common sense, it seems to me the purpose of a Point of Emphasis is to say, in effect, "We're getting lots of complaints that our officials are neglecting [whatever]. The rule on...

Forum: Football Wed Oct 06, 2021, 07:48am

Replies: 3 NCAA Numbering Views: 246 Posted By Robert Goodman Other than in NFL rules or when a team is taking... Other than in NFL rules or when a team is taking advantage of the scrimmage kick formation exceptions in NCAA, the only requirement relates to the count of the players with ineligible numbers on the...

Forum: Basketball Mon Oct 04, 2021, 11:07pm

Replies: 134 Its Got No Teeth ... Views: 2,323 Posted By Robert Goodman Noticeably absent is a statement on old Points of... Noticeably absent is a statement on old Points of Emphasis. Seems to me the whole point of "emphasis" is that what is not emphasized is de-emphasized, relatively. The more things are emphasized,...

Forum: Softball Fri Oct 01, 2021, 08:46am

Replies: 9 Retired runner interference? Views: 531 Posted By Robert Goodman That's the thing that makes these... That's the thing that makes these fielding-and-baserunning games both charming and vexing: You have opposing teams racing to do different things in the same space, yet they're not allowed to assume...

Forum: Football Sun Sep 19, 2021, 10:18am

Replies: 3 NCAA When does a scrimmage kick end Views: 276 Posted By Robert Goodman The word "grabbed" in your description to me... The word "grabbed" in your description to me would indicate possession by the kicking team player, hence a dead ball. If the video posted by JRutledge is the same play, I wouldn't use the word...

Forum: Football Tue Sep 14, 2021, 08:29am

Replies: 4 Two fouls on a Punt Views: 266 Posted By Robert Goodman No. Maybe you're thinking about non-player or... No. Maybe you're thinking about non-player or unsportsmanlike fouls. Here it's just 2 fouls by the same team during the same live ball, which in both Fed and NCAA are handled as you described.

Forum: Basketball Mon Sep 13, 2021, 12:29pm

Replies: 149 Strange Case Continued ... Views: 2,928 Posted By Robert Goodman The better to "pants" the officials on their way... The better to "pants" the officials on their way out? I gotta learn how this one started.

Forum: Basketball Sat Sep 11, 2021, 06:27pm

Replies: 149 Strange Case Continued ... Views: 2,928 Posted By Robert Goodman What was that about? Hogging the spotlight? ... What was that about? Hogging the spotlight? Forming a gauntlet for opponents to get thru? What about congregating at the door to the dressing room?

Forum: Football Sat Sep 11, 2021, 09:51am

Replies: 11 Penalty enforcement spot Views: 435 Posted By Robert Goodman A running play is not an exception to the 3-and-1... A running play is not an exception to the 3-and-1 (all but one) enforcement algorithm. Line of scrimmage would never be an indicated enforcement spot for this foul (though it could accidentally...

Forum: General / Off-Topic Sat Sep 11, 2021, 09:47am

Replies: 2 When does a Point of Emphasis stop applying? Views: 521 Posted By Robert Goodman When does a Point of Emphasis stop applying? If it doesn't appear in one edition of the rule book, but did in a previous one, should it still be treated as a point of emphasis?

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