Zero2Cool
14 years ago
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/11/mike-pereira-time-to-change-the-tuck-rule/ 

For a decade as the NFLs head of officiating, Mike Pereira was the man who had to come forward publicly and defend the infamous tuck rule and the referees who applied it under controversial circumstances.

But now Pereira works for FOX, not the NFL, and he says that the league needs to ditch the tuck rule.

I think its time to change this rule, Pereira writes at FOXSports.com. A pass should only be ruled incomplete if the ball comes loose in the actual act of passing the ball. If it comes loose in the tucking motion, then it should be a fumble.

Pereira opined on the tuck rule because it was applied on Sunday, when Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel went back to pass and dropped the ball when he was hit by Baltimores Lardarius Webb. On the field, referee Mike Carey ruled it a fumble. But on replay, Carey said it was an incomplete pass because of the tuck rule.

Pereira said Carey properly applied the rule as its written, just as Pereira has always said referee Walt Coleman properly applied the rule when he overturned what appeared to be a Tom Brady fumble in a playoff game against the Raiders nine years ago. But now Pereira says the rule needs to be scrapped.

I would support a rule change, although it took me a long time to get to this point, Pereira said. Im sure its no consolation to the many Raiders fans around the country.

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Greg C.
14 years ago
Just like the rule that burned Calvin Johnson and the Lions, the tuck rule was designed to eliminate cheap fumbles. But the fumbles weren't all that cheap to begin with, and they were replaced with cheap rules.

Nobody outside of the officiating profession has ever liked the tuck rule, as far as I can tell. It is probably a result of groupthink--a bunch of guys sitting around a table and getting way too theoretical for their own good, or anybody else's.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
I don't see how its good for officials. The dude who called the tuck rule on Woodson, I'm sure that dudes been heckled like a son of a gun.lol
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Greg C.
14 years ago

I don't see how its good for officials. The dude who called the tuck rule on Woodson, I'm sure that dudes been heckled like a son of a gun.lol

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Very true. I was just referring to whoever it was who wrote the rule and decided to implement it. I guess that would be the competition committee.
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Since69
14 years ago
Good. Yes. If the arm's moving forward, it's an incomplete pass. If not - it's a fumble. Keep it simple, stupid.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Keep it simple, stupid.

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That's what my instructor taught us when learning how to code.
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