Great point the Band, the drone show, the tailgate, and, in general, the show business can put butts' in seats. Go to a minor league baseball game, it's not about the game.
I wonder if there are rules for say.....football shoe "lifts". Not talking extreme, two inches could make a difference but may have some impact or turning, cutting mobility but not a deal breaker if two inches reduces blocked passes, and >sight id of receivers by some factor.
Re: the whistle: "If a player is ruled to be down prior to a fumble, yet actually fumbled prior to being down, possession can be awarded to the opponent if replay shows a clear recovery during the immediate action after the play." (I don't have the specific rule, but here's where I got the quote: https://forum.officiating.com/football/98717-question-fan-iw-replay.html#post944976)
This is why players always try to get the ball on short incomplete passes: if it's reviewed and called a fumble, they can give the ball to the recovering team.
However, because of the whistle, there can be no advancement of the football.
But the obvious bigger issue is that a ref should never blow their whistle unless they are confident the play is over. Since no ref could see the runner go out of bounds with possession (since it didn't happen), there shouldn't have been a whistle.
A family member who is a (high school) ref said that an inadvertent whistle is the biggest mistake a ref can make—they are drilled to not prematurely end a play by blowing a whistle. So there is no excuse for the ref changing the result of play on field by blowing a whistle without having seen the end of a play.
A younger OC coach?
Garrett Riley is Clemson's OC, now. And his luster is fading. It's not age, man.
Great point the Band, the drone show, the tailgate, and, in general, the show business can put butts' in seats. Go to a minor league baseball game, it's not about the game.
7:30 is our reality, unfortunately.
Hmmm, minor league bball......Savana Bananas......QB on stilts.
Yep, the PT Barnum factor will increase your fan pool.
And 9 foot tall vs. 5'10.....though mobility would be very limited...shotgun every play...
LOL. Talk about leaping is dangerous.
I wonder if there are rules for say.....football shoe "lifts". Not talking extreme, two inches could make a difference but may have some impact or turning, cutting mobility but not a deal breaker if two inches reduces blocked passes, and >sight id of receivers by some factor.
Excellent question.
Re: the whistle: "If a player is ruled to be down prior to a fumble, yet actually fumbled prior to being down, possession can be awarded to the opponent if replay shows a clear recovery during the immediate action after the play." (I don't have the specific rule, but here's where I got the quote: https://forum.officiating.com/football/98717-question-fan-iw-replay.html#post944976)
This is why players always try to get the ball on short incomplete passes: if it's reviewed and called a fumble, they can give the ball to the recovering team.
However, because of the whistle, there can be no advancement of the football.
But the obvious bigger issue is that a ref should never blow their whistle unless they are confident the play is over. Since no ref could see the runner go out of bounds with possession (since it didn't happen), there shouldn't have been a whistle.
A family member who is a (high school) ref said that an inadvertent whistle is the biggest mistake a ref can make—they are drilled to not prematurely end a play by blowing a whistle. So there is no excuse for the ref changing the result of play on field by blowing a whistle without having seen the end of a play.