Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 5639836, member: 966"]
I think we’re aware of how much they impact the game, but we have to accept that a small set of humans has limitations, and their interpretations and perspectives are always going to be flawed.

We deal with that in every game, and somehow the sport survives and thrives. I just wish they could make simple and logical fixes and clarifications to the rules, and those evolutions could simply be reactions to controversies they see during the season. After the SuperBowl, analyze all the common and uncommon ambiguities that have occurred and make evolutionary rules clarifications.

Pass Interference, for me, is the most critical issue. I prefer the old rules, where you couldn’t contact while the ball is in the air. All of this ‘hand fighting is okay’ and you can do what you want unless you ‘turn the torso’ stuff is just ludicrous and rife for bad interpretations.

That reception/interception thing is another matter. If a receiver is down by contact the very instant a defender touches him when he’s on the ground, it seems odd that he could lose possession of a ball while being down and contacted. The issue seems to be that he didn’t possess the ball long enough, but that is only true when the ball is taken away? How long did he have to be on the ground with it to enable a change of possession… while he’s down with contact? Half a second? A second? What the rule?
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?