That's a point...though one could easily make the case that remaining on top of him is preventing him from getting up, like the rule says (and thus why some of us think it should've been flagged).Rammer wrote:If he is holding the player down I agree, however laying him out while just remaining on top of him isn't going to get called ever. Just watch the replay of the Murphy pin, two refs both viewing it and he didn't get called for it. Now if you ask me if I think it should be a penalty, yes I do, but as it stands now, pancaking and pinning an opponent isn't called unless you are physically holding/grabbing him down.gizmo fan 2 wrote:I think part of the issue with regard to that area is that it is a point of contention in the rule book that such pinning is illegal this year.Lionheart wrote:
It's amazing how this myth got started. The Lions O line became the best in the league, the riders thought their duty to knock 'em off and when they couldn't do it... they cryed dirty. Man I'm getting sick of these fans and this *poop*. How many eyeballs get close to being gouged out in a game or season and their *beeotch* and whining about a good pin??
CFL.ca -> more -> 2008 rule book -> points of emphasis: "holding"
What some people are more angry about is that this incident was a textbook example of such pinning, which Murphy is somewhat known for, and two officials were looking right at the play - and no flags were thrown until Romero came in.After an opponent has been pushed down or fallen upon by a blocker, he must not be prevented from rising from the ground.
I hope that Murphy (or anyone else - Kabongo got flagged for it earlier this year, come to think of it) gets called on this if it happens again, because it's a penalty.
But yeah, true enough...guess the league has some more work to do to make that rule more black-and-white.
