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Should Pat Lee have been penalized and/or ejected?
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<blockquote data-quote="neilfii" data-source="post: 407493" data-attributes="member: 3821"><p>The ejection was clearly wrong according to NFL rules which do not mandate an ejection in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #333333">Section 2 of Rule 12 reads:</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px">STRIKING, KICKING, OR KNEEING OPPONENT </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Article 1 All players are prohibited from: </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">(a) striking with the fists; </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">(b) kicking or kneeing; or </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">(c) striking, swinging, or clubbing to the head, neck, or face with the heel, back, or side of the hand, wrist, arm, elbow, or clasped hands. See 12-2-3. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">(d) grabbing the inside collar of the back of the shoulder pads or jersey, or the inside collar of the side of the shoulder pads or jersey, and immediately pulling down the runner. This does not apply to a runner who is in the tackle box or to a quarterback who is in the pocket. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Note: It is not necessary for a player to pull the runner completely to the ground in order for the act to be illegal. If his knees are buckled by the action, it is a foul, even if the runner is not pulled completely to the ground. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Penalty: For fouls in a, b, c, and d: Loss of 15 yards. If any of the above acts is judged by the official(s) to be flagrant, the offender may be disqualified as long as the entire action is observed by the official(s).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">For Lee to have been ejected the officials should have found evidence that Lee's actions were flagrant and then an official should have been required to have observed "the entire action" neither of which were the case with Lee's conduct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilfii, post: 407493, member: 3821"] The ejection was clearly wrong according to NFL rules which do not mandate an ejection in such circumstances. [SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333]Section 2 of Rule 12 reads:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [INDENT=1][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px]STRIKING, KICKING, OR KNEEING OPPONENT [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana]Article 1 All players are prohibited from: [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana](a) striking with the fists; [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana](b) kicking or kneeing; or [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana](c) striking, swinging, or clubbing to the head, neck, or face with the heel, back, or side of the hand, wrist, arm, elbow, or clasped hands. See 12-2-3. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana](d) grabbing the inside collar of the back of the shoulder pads or jersey, or the inside collar of the side of the shoulder pads or jersey, and immediately pulling down the runner. This does not apply to a runner who is in the tackle box or to a quarterback who is in the pocket. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana]Note: It is not necessary for a player to pull the runner completely to the ground in order for the act to be illegal. If his knees are buckled by the action, it is a foul, even if the runner is not pulled completely to the ground. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana]Penalty: For fouls in a, b, c, and d: Loss of 15 yards. If any of the above acts is judged by the official(s) to be flagrant, the offender may be disqualified as long as the entire action is observed by the official(s).[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1] [/INDENT] [INDENT=1]For Lee to have been ejected the officials should have found evidence that Lee's actions were flagrant and then an official should have been required to have observed "the entire action" neither of which were the case with Lee's conduct.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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