KJJ
You Have an Axe to Grind
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He didn't "fail to point it out," he simply had no reason to point it out because that wasn't a part of the rule. And he didn't get better at explaining the rule, he changed the rule to his liking, making it ambiguous enough that almost any explanation would work.
The problem with you and a few others is you think every single thing a receiver is required to do to establish a legal catch can and has to be "explicitly detailed" in the rulebook which is going to make these calls clear cut and eliminate judgement from them. What was in the rulebook was a player had to make a "football move/act common to the game" which comes down to the judgment of the officials. Every RULE in the rulebook still comes down to the judgment of the officials whether it be establishing if a receiver has become a "runner" or if they did enough to perform an act common to the game. A receiver doesn't always have to make a turn up field to establish themselves as a "runner" there's many different ways but it still comes down to the judgment of the officials if what the receiver did was enough to meet a legal catch under the RULE.
Every damn RULE comes down to some judgment and nothing a player is required to do can be specifically detailed in the rulebook that will make it crystal clear to every official or the Joe FANS that are sitting in the stands booing every call. You and some others try and make it appear Blandino and the league are idiots when it's the FANS that are idiots. If you think all the brain power is sitting in the stands on Sunday and on couches across the country with plates of nachos and a few six packs then would you like to leave replay reviews up to a FAN vote to see whether a call under review should stand as called or be overturned?
Do you think that will please everyone that these calls are being taken out of the hands of the experts and are given to the hot dog venders in the stands and many around the country that don't know their ace from a hole in the ground? If it wasn't for that PI call that was announced to the crowd and picked up vs Detroit in the playoffs last season the Cowboys likely would have never made it to the second round of the playoffs and we would all be sitting here arguing that call. The Cowboys caught a huge break in that game and no technological advancements are going to make officiating NFL games perfect or eliminate controversial calls because JUDGEMENT will always be involved.
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