Referee complaint thread

[BFritz21]

(10-15-2018, 07:57 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: There are two things you don't fully seem to understand here. 

The first thing you don't understand is the runoff rule. It does not apply here.  It does not apply to all offensive penalties, but rather for those which have the intention of illegally stopping the clock.  Look it up: Rule 4, Article 7, Section 1. The main thing here is that in order to induce the runoff, the goal of the infraction is to stop the clock, which is clearly NOT the goal of offensive pass interference.  On any other type of penalty, the clock would be started again, if it was running prior to the beginning of the down.  In this case it was not, because the Steelers had called a timeout in the previous play.  Thanks for reminding me that they had used one. ;-)

Since you will probably not believe me on this, allow me to present exhibit A: The runoff rule applies within the 2 minute warning of each half, but in the KC/NE game, KC committed an illegal use of hands penalty (on offense) with 1:28 to go in the first half.  They did not incur a runoff, and there was no controversy. 

The second thing you don't understand is the purpose of crayons and who they are intended to help. They're supposed to be an aid to those who wrote or draw with them and not those who read what is produced by them.  This is why children's books publishers do not generally print in crayon, but pre-schoolers do.  That being said, if you require the use of crayons to make your points, don't let me stop you. 

Ok but then you still have to get ten yards and we’re not crowding the line like we were on the touchdown just so we could stop the run.

It was a dirty and illegal play...... you cheated to win.