How do your crews handle this?
Guys just bear with me, when I am not on the field on Friday nights and watching crew from all over strange plays and question run thru my mind.
Last night I was working my job as LT on my Fire department ( could not take off because someone else had the day off and we could not run short.
I was watching a game being broadcast live on the internet. Let me start by saying the crew did a fantastic job on this call.
Team A ran a sweep to their right when the RB got some open room and ran for about 40 yards, however during the run one of team A receivers light up the strong side Linebacker knocking the helmet off of the LB. the LJ had a flag on the ground immediately. Now I have the advantage of replay where the crew does not. The R,LJ, U, and BJ huddled to discussed the play. On replay the block was from the front and look and was vicious the problem with the block the receiver launched left his feet and made first contact with the crown of his helmet right to the upper part of the LB face mask and helmet causing the helmet to fly off. No doubt it was a targeting foul. And at this point I am assuming the officials discussion was on if the hit warranted an ejection.
Sure enough the foul was targeting ( which was no doubt) and the player was ejected.
By the sound that came across the feed was the home Crowd was displeased (a few boos) but the accepted the call
Now my question is I have always been told to call the game at the last as you do to start and I think we can all agree with that. But if you have another targeting foul later in the game by let's say team b this time and in the officials opinion that foul does not warrant ejection what problems do you see form that point till the end of the game? I or we as officials determine the ejection on thier on merit. Am I just opening a can of worms here by not ejecting the next player. And is it fair to the second player if ejected and it was a targeting foul but he did not launch into or did not make contact with the crown of his helmet?
I know how my crew will handle this it rated on the action of the hit. We do get together and discuss this and myself as the white hat has the final say, and 99% of the time I am going with the recommendation of my crew and its worked well in the past
I am just trying to see how other look at this. Does your thinking change if there has all ready been trouble in the past or during you current game?
