another look back look

[CecilOne]

On page 50 of the latest Referee magazine, there is an article about look back. I don't agree with the author's solution.

I think mine would be to enforce the rule literally, calling time and ruling one of the runners out, the one who stopped first.

That is what I think I would do at the spur of the moment.

But, then as I have often thought and said, it is not a "gotcha" rule. That usually applies to being a tenth of a second ahead of the pitch, losing contact while tying a shoe, etc. That does not seem to apply to the situation in the article.

Please comment.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

On page 50 of the latest Referee magazine, there is an article about look back. I don't agree with the author's solution.

I think mine would be to enforce the rule literally, calling time and ruling one of the runners out, the one who stopped first.

That is what I think I would do at the spur of the moment.

But, then as I have often thought and said, it is not a "gotcha" rule. That usually applies to being a tenth of a second ahead of the pitch, losing contact while tying a shoe, etc. That does not seem to apply to the situation in the article.

Please comment.

When are you going to learn what resources to trust for a valid ruling?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

On page 50 of the latest Referee magazine, there is an article about look back. I don't agree with the author's solution.

I think mine would be to enforce the rule literally, calling time and ruling one of the runners out, the one who stopped first.

That is what I think I would do at the spur of the moment.

But, then as I have often thought and said, it is not a "gotcha" rule. That usually applies to being a tenth of a second ahead of the pitch, losing contact while tying a shoe, etc. That does not seem to apply to the situation in the article.

Please comment.

If you know you saw it, you call it. If you have to think about it and feel a need to justify it to yourself, don't call it

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

If you know you saw it, you call it. If you have to think about it and feel a need to justify it to yourself, don't call it

The same application on calling the illegal pitch.