04-24-2016, 09:55 AM
(04-24-2016, 08:47 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: Exactly.
Steelers fans have cannot think logically or offer any explanation other than "rules are rules."
Just because there's no stipulation in the rules, doesn't make it a good call, and you can't even argue that and you didn't even attempt to.
You're confused. You can't tell the difference between a bad call and a rule you disagree with. A call that follows the rules as written is a good call. In this case there is nothing within the rule that states that the call shouldn't be made because of anything the receiver does with his head. The refs are not allowed to create their own exceptions to the rules - any exception has to be accounted for in the rule itself. So, since what happened on the field is a penalty according to how the rule is written, it was a good call.
Now, if you feel it's a badly written rule, that's a different story. If you feel that the rule should include a provision that prevents what you think Brown did, then you're perfectly entitled to your opinion (even though I'd probably disagree). But if that's the case, your beef is with the rules committee, not with the refs. The refs made the call they were supposed to make according to what the rule currently is. Period.
