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Re: Drawbridge Technique: Legal or not?

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Originally Posted by wlaroche View Post
Please remember the only answer that matters is what comes from the GDC. Threads on CD cannot be used to debate any ruling on the field.
Generally true. Yet I've seen Eric post elsewhere that he does ref, and I've also seen the Q&A rule that demonstration to a ref before a match is definitely helpful in convincing the refs of something that may not be obvious. I think a specific Q&A for this year surrounding this issue would allow this scenario to play out.

Yet I think the bigger issue is whether or not the refs missed it. There are plenty of opportunities to not see something because attention-requiring action is happening elsewhere on the field. As a Week 1 referee myself, I fully expect to have to worry about this particular strategy as well. Regardless of Q&A, I would much rather a team tell me to look for something specific than to be left guessing.
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