Joey Porter

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(01-10-2016, 03:06 AM)Atomic Orange Wrote: His player was injured he was allowed to be there.

This is not the case at all, as Joey Porter is NOT the head coach.

Via Rapoport "Assistants are not allowed on the field during injury timeouts. Medical staff, trainers, attendants and the head coach can come out to check on the welfare of the player...."  ..."The referees gave Porter the benefit of the doubt because there was real concern for Brown."


In other words, the referees made an official decision to NOT call the game by the rules, but rather to allow Joey Porter to break the rules and justify it by their personal feelings.  If the officials had followed the rules of the game, and flagged Porter for being on the field illegally, then there would never have been an issue and the FG instead of 33 yards, becomes a 63 yard attempt.


ARTICLE 8. NON-PLAYER PERSONNEL

Non-player personnel of a club (e.g., management personnel, coaches, trainers, equipment men) are prohibited from making unnecessary physical contact with or directing abusive, threatening, or insulting language or gestures at opponents, game officials, or representatives of the League.

Penalty: Loss of 15 yards. (Unsportsmanlike Conduct.) Enforcement is from:

1. the succeeding spot if the ball is dead;
2. the previous spot if the ball was in play; or
3. whatever spot the Referee, after consulting with the crew, deems equitable.(Palpably Unfair Act.)