By making it a black & white call you remove officials from having to judge

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Nov 27, 2015
3:14:17pm

SpiffCoug All-American

By making it a black & white call you remove officials from having to judge

intent. Just the result of the play.

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I used to support "targeting" calls.

RedlandsCoug

11/27/15 3:05pm

You don't think that last call in the Neb-Iowa game was helmet-to-helmet?

SpiffCoug

11/27/15 3:06pm

It was about as textbook helmet-to-helmet as it gets

SJS

11/27/15 3:07pm

I was watching from the kitchen, but it looked weak.

RedlandsCoug

11/27/15 3:13pm

By making it a black & white call you remove officials from having to judge

SpiffCoug

11/27/15 3:14pm

True. However, by nature collision sports have grey areas.

RedlandsCoug

11/27/15 3:21pm

What was "gray" about that call? Dude lowered his head and struck "defenseless"

SJS

11/27/15 3:24pm

I just made a general statement. I never said it would 100% apply here.

RedlandsCoug

11/27/15 3:47pm

There is grey & this wasn't one of them.

SpiffCoug

11/27/15 3:28pm

In my swimming official training, there's a line where they say

Squeegee

11/27/15 3:34pm

How much judging of "intent" occurs in swimming?

SpiffCoug

11/27/15 3:38pm

Intent? Zero. But, you're judging how someone is performing a stroke underwater

Squeegee

11/27/15 6:01pm

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