LaPolice, players fined for criticizing officials

[dcmoses]

@"Blue Blood"

@"dcmoses"

First time. I can’t recall the game, it was last year though. They ruled a fumble then award the ball to the defense despite the fact the whistle had already gone. Love the excuse though, it is an original one for Higgins. This is the rule, we finally learned how to apply it properly and thats why it appears we made the wrong call. :roll:

That is a completely different scenario from what happened in Winnipeg. This is the approved ruling when a player is ruled to be down by contact before fumbling but it is overturned:

A.R. Fumble before runner down by contact Team A ball carrier fumbles the ball with Team B recovering. Officials rule down by contact at A’s 30 yard line. Replay shows that the ball was loose before the runner was down. RULING Reviewable play. B’s ball at point of recovery with no advance.

If Team B recovers the ball immediately then they are awarded the ball even if it is after the whistle.

This is the approved ruling which applied to the Bombers/Als game:

A.R. Pass ruled incomplete Team first and ten at their 38 yard line throws a forward pass to A77, who catches the ball, is hit immediately and fumbles the ball, which is recovered by Team B. Officials rule the pass incomplete. RULING Reviewable play. However, if pass ruled complete possession retained by Team A at point of completion as official’s whistle terminated play. Team B cannot be awarded the ball because the play was terminated by Official’s whistle prior to the recovery.

You made my point well thank you. The league has ruled in the past that an incomplete pass was complete, after video review, and then despite a whistle ruled a fumble and awarded the ball to the defense at the point of the fumble. No advancement of the ball because of the whistle. EXACT same scenario, but thanks for your inadvertent help.

[Blue_Blood]

@"dcmoses"

You made my point well thank you. The league has ruled in the past that an incomplete pass was complete, after video review, and then despite a whistle ruled a fumble and awarded the ball to the defense at the point of the fumble. No advancement of the ball because of the whistle. EXACT same scenario, but thanks for your inadvertent help.

Give an example of when that happened. I can’t recall it happening while that rule was in effect. The example you gave said nothing about it being an incomplete pass that was overturned. The only time they will turn the ball to the defense on a fumble after the whistle is if the ruling was down by contact.

[dcmoses]

@"Blue Blood"

@"dcmoses"

You made my point well thank you. The league has ruled in the past that an incomplete pass was complete, after video review, and then despite a whistle ruled a fumble and awarded the ball to the defense at the point of the fumble. No advancement of the ball because of the whistle. EXACT same scenario, but thanks for your inadvertent help.

Give an example of when that happened. I can’t recall it happening while that rule was in effect. The example you gave said nothing about it being an incomplete pass that was overturned. The only time they will turn the ball to the defense on a fumble after the whistle is if the ruling was down by contact.

As I said I can’t recall which game, it was not this year but that was the ruling. The call on the field was incomplete pass, video review overturned it and called it a completed pass and a fumble. Since there was a whistle they would not allow advancement of the ball but did award the fumble.