C'mon, do the right thing. It's a stupid rule no matter what team it effects.
To: CounterCounterCulture
They'll change it quietly next year or perhaps in a couple years, like they changed the contents of the referees' penalty flags. The NFL doesn't like to respond quickly (even when their negligence ends a player's career), because someone might think they realized they were wrong.
-Eric
2 posted on
03/14/2002 9:52:08 AM PST by
E Rocc
To: CounterCounterCulture
Well, their isn't really anything wrong with the rule, it was just applied wrongly. Brady was not passing the ball - the rule did not apply to the play. That's where the mistake was. I think most teams/players/coaches know this, but don't want to go one record as saying the refs really screwed up, or there were suspect reasons for changing the call.
5 posted on
03/14/2002 1:57:43 PM PST by
FreeTally
To: CounterCounterCulture
How about simply ruling that if the ball or passer's throwing hand/arm is touched by an opposing player before the ball leaves the passer's hands it's a fumble; if neither is touched by an opposing player untik after the ball leaves the passer's hands it's an incomplete pass?
7 posted on
03/14/2002 9:28:40 PM PST by
supercat
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