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To: freedumb2003

Neither - you have an interpretation, and nothing more. The line judge didn't accept your interpretation until AFTER the ball was moved forward over the goal - well after the player was on the ground.

It really gets tiresome to deal with idiots who cannot understand that INTERPRETATION is inconsistent.

BTW - if none of the posted pics shows the "apex of the dive" (think about that in Euclidian terms, too - sheesh), why is this thread supposed to present definitive proof.

And if you didn't get the hint about "apex of the dive", a dive (by definition" starts highest and ends lowest. So, he dove from about 2 yards out of the end zone - the apex being 2 yards away from the plane.

Other questions?


80 posted on 02/08/2006 5:53:27 AM PST by MortMan (Trains stop at train stations. On my desk is a workstation...)
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To: MortMan
And if you didn't get the hint about "apex of the dive", a dive (by definition" starts highest and ends lowest. So, he dove from about 2 yards out of the end zone - the apex being 2 yards away from the plane.

Human beings, being earthbound, must go up to go down. In the NFL a "dive" really is a leap. It is not a "dive" as you find in competetive diving. I will try to avoid using such arcane technical football terms since it confuses you so much.

The apex of the leap (not shown) was where the ball broke the plane. If it broke it again (hard to say from this pic but it still looks like it) it doesn't matter -- it is merely icing on the cake.

There is frequently a delay between a play and the call. That lag is called "human beings officiating the game."

Now, can you quote me the replay rule? Anyone?

88 posted on 02/08/2006 6:00:17 AM PST by freedumb2003 (American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
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