Ilmeisesti tuo down by the contactin muuttunut tulkinta on herättänyt kyllä noita kymysyksiä muuallakin...:
"A few rules involving instant replay have been modified for the 2006 season. One big change that’s raising eyebrows and causing concern is that instant replay can now be used to review ‘down by contact’ calls.
A challenge can now take place when a runner is ruled ‘down by contact,’ but he actually fumbled the ball, and the recovery takes place during the continuing action of the play. If the ruling is changed after the review, the recovering team gets the ball at the spot where it was recovered, with any additional progress nullified. If the referee doesn’t have indisputable visible evidence of who recovered the ball, the initial ruling will stand.
Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick expressed some concern about how this new rule will play out in games, although in the end he deferred to the “experts.”
“I think in this particular rule, we're kind of going into an area that we haven't gone into,” said Belichick. “The old adage of 'play to the whistle' might not be good enough any more. I think that leads into some other questions, particularly with player safety, or some guys are playing beyond the whistle and other guys may not be. Some guys may see the ball if it's loose, other guys may hear the whistle and not see the ball. I'm not sure that everybody is reacting to the same thing. Again, this isn’t a rule we made. But we have to try to understand it and play it as it is going to be interpreted and officiated.
“I didn’t do all the research on the rules so I’m not an expert on it, but there are a lot of concerns that were brought up on the rule that is proposed and I think there are a lot of issues that need to be resolved.”
Based on his reaction to questions about the new rule, Belichick still hasn’t really received all the answers he’s looking for.
“You let them answer the questions,” Belichick said, referencing the officials. “I don’t have all the answers. Other people do, so they should probably give them to you.”
Hopefully, this new rule will do what it’s designed to -- protect players rather than endanger them."
Mitä muuten noihin NFL:n sääntöihin ja eri lähteiden sanamuotoihin samoista asioista tulee, niin olisi kyllä toivottavaa, että ne säännöt voisi jostain käydä ilmaiseksi lukemassa ja tarkastamassa itse mitä niissä loppujen lopuksi sanotaan. Yliopisto jenkkifudiksessa käytettävät NCAA:n säännöthän verkosta löytyy, mutta itse en ainakaan NFL:n sääntöjä ole löytänyt...