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To: kevkrom
The entire line is part of the end zone -- by rule.

Can you show me in the rule book where it says that?

The line along the back of the endzone is a boundry, the lines on the sides are boundries, and yet the goal line is not a boundry but part of the endzone.

That honestly doesn't make sense. The Goal line should be one more boundry that defines where the endzone ends and begins.
278 posted on 02/08/2006 5:35:13 PM PST by usmcobra (I'm a Marine on currently on inactive status awaiting an eternal change of duty station)
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To: usmcobra

Post 207.

It is crystal clear.


279 posted on 02/08/2006 5:36:19 PM PST by freedumb2003 (American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
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To: usmcobra
Can you show me in the rule book where it says that?

NFL.com rule digest: " 1. Sidelines and end lines are out of bounds. The goal line is actually in the end zone. A player with the ball in his possession scores a touchdown when the ball is on, above, or over the goal line."

The line along the back of the endzone is a boundry, the lines on the sides are boundries, and yet the goal line is not a boundry but part of the endzone. That honestly doesn't make sense.

It is a boundary -- it's the boundary of the field

286 posted on 02/09/2006 4:34:13 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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