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Has Anyone Who Knows Anything About Pro Football Ever Heard of a Player Giving Himself Up?
9-23-2012
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Posted on 09/23/2012 12:39:59 PM PDT by murron
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:40:11 PM PDT
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murron
To: murron
I believe a player can give himself up. I think when it is done, it has to be VERY obvious what he is doing, like when a QB does it at the end of a game, when he drops to a knee. I think a player can do the same thing, regardless where he is on the field, but if it’s not very obvious, it won’t be called.
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:47:38 PM PDT
by
Sporke
(USS Iowa BB-61)
To: murron
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:48:12 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(Obama is pure evil.)
To: murron
Ruled a fumble.
Was odd. Injured player. Could he have tossed the ball out of bounds?
To: murron
Ray Lewis did it once, right?
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:49:40 PM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
To: murron
Rule exists. For example. 50 seconds to go, player catches a pass for a first down and hits the deck. He can get up and flip the ball to the official even if he has not been touched. This allows the next play to set up without letting the defense wind the clock down by not touching the player for several seconds.
To: murron; musicman
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:50:16 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: murron
Has Anyone Who Knows Anything About Pro Football Ever Heard of a Player Giving Himself Up?More common among French players.
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:52:35 PM PDT
by
Castlebar
To: murron
Rule 7, Section 4, Article 1:
An official shall declare dead ball and the down ended:
(a) when a runner is out of bounds or declares himself down by falling to the ground and makes no effort to advance.
Subject to some interpretation, obviously, but most officials would require that a player actively go to the ground in order to "declare" himself down. Falling down by accident or coming off a hit don't really cut it.
Dan Dierdorf: "often wrong, but never in doubt."
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:52:58 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Spontaneous demonstrators with RPGs. Sure.)
To: murron
Only time I have heard of a football player giving himself up was for outstanding warrants.
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:53:35 PM PDT
by
Ophiucus
To: murron
The play is not over until the whistle blows.
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posted on
09/23/2012 12:57:01 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
To: ETL
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posted on
09/23/2012 1:01:00 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: murron
It sure looks as if the Saints have given themselves up in that game.
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posted on
09/23/2012 1:03:35 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
To: Ophiucus
I assume you refer to when they beat the crap out of their girlfriends, caught with a kilo of coke in their back pocket, or possess fighting pit bulls?
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posted on
09/23/2012 1:16:08 PM PDT
by
donhunt
(Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
To: murron
Back in the day, a player wouldn't let go of that football until the whistle blew, regardless how hurt he might be.
Only if he was unconscious did he let go before the whistle.
Like Earl Campbell would ever give himself up.
To: murron
You can bet that if any player "gives himself up" it would be a Chief.
(and this is from a Chiefs fan)
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posted on
09/23/2012 1:20:43 PM PDT
by
ZOOKER
( Exploring the fine line between cynicism and outright depression)
To: murron
That sounds like a college rule, not NFL.
Are these still replacement refs?.....
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posted on
09/23/2012 1:22:18 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Anyone who thinks wisdom comes with age is either too young or too stupid to know the difference....)
To: murron
The only times I have ever heard of NFL players giving themselves up were OJ and the guy driving him in the slow motion chase in the white SUV and those guys from Dallas who were wanted by the police.
To: murron
Ever Heard of a Player Giving Himself Up? I hear it happens in prison sometimes.
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posted on
09/23/2012 1:55:28 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo, being wily, pities the fool.)
To: Red Badger
These officials in the Eagles-Cards game are awful.
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posted on
09/23/2012 2:07:06 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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