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Originally Posted by Danny McC
Wasn't there a team during the Stack Attack year that got DQed at the Pitt regional because their team was in the stands using some sort of signaling system since it was hard to see over the middle of the field? I don't know if it will be the same this year but I would assume it is the same.
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Several years ago there were specific rules that explicitly prohibited signaling to/from the audience via "semaphore, flags, etc." Those rules are no longer included in the game rules because, quite simply, they were silly and unenforceable. It was impossible to tell the difference between "signaling" and legitimate cheering for your team (although some over-zealous "audience police" certainly tried - somewhat unsuccessfully). So I would not assume that the rules will be enforced that way any longer, because - as has been said many times before - rules from prior years do not apply to this year's game.
-dave
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