The 49er fumble and the reffs

[Frank Booth]

(12-14-2021, 03:37 PM)BleedNOrange Wrote: I'm sorry but this response has to be a joke.  The penalty is "taunting".  The NFL rulebook states, "use of baiting or taunting acts or words that engender ill will between teams."  You just admitted that Bell did not have "ill will" and therefore is not a penalty per the official rules.  So now the players can't do anything that "may" be interpreted as taunting?  That is so vague that it is unenforceable.

Couple this with teams running to the endzone to celebrate a turnover, standing over opponents, looking at the other team for too long, etc. and this means the refs have absolutely no way to properly/consistently call this

it's a totally subjective rule, which puts the game in the hands of the officials