[Alex de Large]

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also, in regards to fumbles and catches etc, refs should never whistle a play dead

[/ QUOTE ]This suggestion would last until a star player got hurt on a play in which he stopped playing because it was clear to him that the play was over but the refs didn't whistle it dead and he got hit when he wasn't ready. Imagine if this happened to a star QB...the outrage of the fans would be enormous.

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Teams can get screwed by this if they don't have any timeouts left and it's before the 2 minute warning. It's already happened once (Mike Furrey "intercepted" an Aaron Brooks pass from Ernie Conwell, when Ernie had been on the ground for a full second), but since it was the Saints and Rams nobody cared.