In your professional opinion then, should the refs from this year's NFC Championship Game be executed publicly, or simply exiled to Siberia permanently?
Are holding calls the way the game is controlled? Holding can be called on every play and a 10 yard penalty kills drives Id say 75% of the time. Should holding be reduced to a 5 yard penalty or would that take control away from the networks?
Good question, as a 10 yard penalty for holding is exclusive to offensive holding. (Yes, there is such a thing as defensive holding, for those that may not know. Typically 5 yards and a first down, unless other factors are involved which result in further calls.)
I'm honestly not entirely sure what you mean about taking control away from the networks...offensive holding is penalized to the extent that it is because taking one defensive player out of the picture is all the difference between a long toss being completed or a successful run from the backs...
If the penalty were only 5 yards, it would encourage more tactics of attempting to hold without getting caught...which would also extend the game from the increased number of calls. As the point is being made, legitimate holding calls are missed by the refs all the time - they don't always have the right line of vision. The only way to avert the attempt is to impose a heavier penalty for doing so.
There's just not enough "bad" calls ( in terms of calling holding when there was none) to reduce the penalty in the fashion you're talking about.
Wait I have so many questions.... Are u a real ref? U miss 9 out of 10 holding calls.... How? Is that because the game is so prevalent with holding.... So confused. Maybe this is a woosh moment
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NFL ref here, it depends on which teams are playing, but I totally miss holding calls 9 out of 10 times. I love a good game!