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Is there a difference in NCAA between "ruling on the field stands" and "ruling on the field is confirmed?"?
Every time I watch a college football game on TV and see a play reviewed, I wonder about this.
As a grammar nitpicker, it would seem to me that if they say the "ruling on the field is confirmed," then the replay official can see from video that the play was judged correctly. However it seems that if they say the "ruling on the field stands," then there is not clear evidence to support either keeping the original ruling nor is there evidence to overturn it, so by the rules the ruling stands as called even though it is unclear from the replay.
Is this distinction actually made, or am I being too picky?
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You got me wondering and you are right about the wording, I found the answer in Rule 12 of Instant Replay:
1. If the video evidence confirms the on-field ruling: "After review, the ruling on the field is confirmed."
2. If there is no indisputable (conclusive) evidence to reverse the onfield ruling: "After review, the ruling on the field stands."
- 1 decade ago
Lol. You're being too picky. Both ways state that the initial ruling on the field was correct, or remains.
But i guess the officials should be forced to use only one saying.