gimmesix
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The line is straight across the field. Why wouldn't you use it. It justifies the official's call and shows he was right to call it. Was it the correct call or not when you see this photo (Page 7 posting)? Are you saying they should let things slide because "it could be too close?" That's ridiculous.
The blue line is put there by the broadcast. It has nothing to do with what the official sees on the field. The official is going by the point of the ball, which is not all the way out to the edge of the blue line.
Looking at the point of the ball and Gregory's helmet, can you say with certainty that he's across it?
There is some forced perspective here because we're not looking straight down the line of scrimmage the way the official was. Look at the point of the star and then look at the underside of the star, which lines up with the point. Is the distance between the underside of the point to the ball less than the distance from the point of the star to the crown of Gregory's helmet? Even with that it's hard to tell because the camera is pointing down at the players instead of straight across the neutral zone.
As I said, it's close, and if it's close you don't make that call. If officials made every close call, games would last for days. It is their job to ignore the inconsequential ones. If you don't view this as inconsequential, that's your prerogative.