>>Refs called more ticky-tacky penalties<<
What is a “ticky-tacky” penalty? One that goes against YOUR team?
The term, by the way, for what the officials call is fouls. Penalty is what they get for committing the foul.
Well, you educated all of us, regarding a foul and the subsequent penalty. Few people know that. I wonder if announcers know that. They frequently say there’s a flag on the play, or say it’s a penalty flag. I don’t think I ever heard an announcer say there’s a foul called on a play.