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		<title>Do-overs in football? Yes, when the stadium blocks punt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preseason Week 2: Titans at Cowboys Jeff Fisher, in his capacity as competition committee chair, is calling a teleconference of the committee regarding an unusual circumstance in a game he coached, Friday&#8217;s Titans-Cowboys game. A punt by backup Titans punter A.J. Trapasso hit the overhead video screen (video at 1:10). Initially, none of the referees [...]]]></description>
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<p>Jeff Fisher, in his capacity as competition committee chair, is calling a teleconference of the committee regarding an unusual circumstance in a game he coached, Friday&#8217;s Titans-Cowboys game.</p>
<p>A punt by backup Titans punter A.J. Trapasso hit the overhead video screen (<a title="NFL video" href="http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d81210621/NFLTA-Titans-Cowboys-highlights" target="_blank">video</a> at 1:10). Initially, none of the referees saw the ball deflect off of the video screen, so Fisher called for a replay review. (This is not a reviewable call, but the officiating crew determined without review that the ball came in contact with the video screen.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-farmer-nfl23-2009aug23,0,3883808.story" target="_blank">Sam Farmer of the <em>Los Angeles Times</em></a> is reporting that the rule is that the play is nullified and replayed. However, the game officials had the clock reset as if the play never happened — something not typical when a penalty nullifies the play.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t talked at all about time being put on the clock,&#8221; [NFL director of officiating, Mike Pereira]  said. &#8220;The only thing we&#8217;ve talked about really is the do-over of the play. We&#8217;ve never talked about resetting the clock back to where it was. That&#8217;s obviously something we&#8217;re going to have to talk about. And that may be what we arrive at.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would say that it&#8217;s a big enough issue that we&#8217;re going to have to address it with the competition committee here probably sometime this week to figure out what direction we want to go.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>This was the first game played in the new Cowboys Stadium, and according to Farmer&#8217;s report, punters from both teams were able to hit the scoreboard several times. This may not be the last time this happens in a game. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones states that he will not move the video screens, despite the fact that the stadium will do so for an uncoming U2 concert.<br />
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