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Written by ecdawg | 18 January 2011
The new rule regulating excess celebration will be in place for the 2011 season. This rule change will allow the refs to take points off the board rather than the current penalty being assessed on the following kickoff. The old rule was bad enough (remember the call against A.J. Green vs. LSU) but the fallout from this change will put the outcome of games squarely on the officials. Here's and example of a play that will be flagged next year:
Justin Blackmon probably doesn't know he has become must-see viewing for the NCAA rules committee. The Oklahoma State receiver's goal line-straddling touchdown against Arizona on Dec. 29 in the Alamo Bowl wasn't penalized, but it's been flagged for review by the committee at its meeting next month.
"That will be shown in February," said Dave Parry, college football's national officiating coordinator. "I've already told them to pull that play. Next year, with the rule as it's written as we speak, that would not be a touchdown."
Coaches and players may say they know about the radical rule change beginning this year that will take points off the board for unsportsmanlike conduct, but they really don't. Not until it actually happens. Not until it affects a game. Not until a win turns into a loss because a touchdown is discounted because of a "taunting gesture." The change, to be implemented this fall, will negate touchdowns by any player judged as excessively celebrating on his way to the end zone. Parry said the penalty will apply to any offensive player, not just the ball carrier, and defensive players -- for example, when someone returns an interception for a TD.
This could be a NIGHTMARE - first of all officials accross the country do not call penalties the same
