Buddy of mine sent me a video saying ASU is thinking about appealing the result based on the blocked field goal at the end of the half of their game against Texas.
The field goal was blocked …bounced…and then went through the uprights.
Now I haven’t been able to find anything in the rules that strictly requires the ball go through the uprights in the air per se.
So, apply the kind of statutory construction I would use as a lawyer I would take the plain meaning of the rule if applicable and conclude in favor of enforcing the rule if possible.
If you do that and all that is required is that the ball get through the uprights after it is kicked, then there’s a reasonable argument the field goal should have counted.
Let me be clear…I don’t think the game is getting overturned …I do think we will get a clarification soon.
But I am curious if there are refs or rules officials here that have knowledge of the rules better than me that can tell me if i am missing something.
I got obsessed with this since doing a cursory search and went down the rabbit hole!
The field goal was blocked …bounced…and then went through the uprights.
Now I haven’t been able to find anything in the rules that strictly requires the ball go through the uprights in the air per se.
So, apply the kind of statutory construction I would use as a lawyer I would take the plain meaning of the rule if applicable and conclude in favor of enforcing the rule if possible.
If you do that and all that is required is that the ball get through the uprights after it is kicked, then there’s a reasonable argument the field goal should have counted.
Let me be clear…I don’t think the game is getting overturned …I do think we will get a clarification soon.
But I am curious if there are refs or rules officials here that have knowledge of the rules better than me that can tell me if i am missing something.
I got obsessed with this since doing a cursory search and went down the rabbit hole!
