Quote:But if you are in the midst of a pile going after a loose football, how can you discern whether the person pulling you off is the ref or another player?


For that matter, what if the ball is still loose and possession as yet to be established?

Refs should be blowing their whistle while pulling gargantuan athletes off a pile for their own safety to begin with. I agree with the idea that the time allowed for a pile should be shorter. Someone is always gonna come up with the ball, and worst case scenario is we get to watch a good old fashioned tug of war between two guys who claim to have the ball simultaneously. That would have to be funny to watch I imagine.

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