re: GHSA State Championships

Lee-Northside might not get with until after midnight if this keeps up.

Where did GPB find the dollar store Maria Taylor?

Let’s go LEE!

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I would imagine that the officials told him wrong if that's the case.

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Looks to be the case.

From a Macon Telegraph reporter,

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@JBJournalism21 2m2 minutes ago Hearing that the refs said that the roughing the kicker would not have been an automatic first down in the Warner Robins game.

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FWIW...I talked to a GHSA official and he said the correct call was made. White hat called “Personal foul, roughing the kicker”. If penalty would’ve been accepted, it would have been first down inside the five yard line.

The GHSA defines the rules based on the NFHS rules and each officiating association interprets the rules on their own.

This explains the inconsistency in the rules across teams that play are are officiated by different associations including the playoffs.

In the State if Georgia, a personal foul does not result in a first down unless the yardage gained ends in a first down.

Look, defenses should totally take advantage of this rule and just totally destroy kickers when kicking inside of goal to go situations becaus the rule doesn’t provide a first down but this is what how the GHSA works.

Let me explain this again...but maybe ina different way to be more clear. Each organization uses the same rule book but each organization interprets the rules passed on by the GHSA differently. For example, what we would all call a false start, Etowah Valley calls it an illegal procedure/Illegal Motion. I know this is completely retarded and makes no sense. I’ve argued with officials and the associations for years over this yet this is how it is.

One more time, in the GHSA a personal foul is only counted as a first down if the penalty yardage gained results in a first down. If it does not the the down remains as played.

I know...it never gets called. I was once told that once a kickers foot reaches the ground he is no longer in a kicking posture therefore he can’t be roughed or ran into. This was totally incorrect because Once he has kicked the ball he is established as a kicker unless he is attempting to run down a ball carrier or attempting to tackle the ball carrier.

Thus I began to teach my kids to hit the kicker after his foot hit the ground. Coaches are at the mercy of the rules of the game as they are being called. NFHS rules do say roughing the kicker or passer is supposed to be a first down. However, that doesn’t happen in Georgia for whatever reason.

I totally disagree with everything that I’ve explained here but the GHSA does a poor job of governing high school football and there are many discrepancies. The rules should be designed to maintain player safety first but this is not the case.

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the GHSA does a poor job of governing everything

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FIFY

Never forget the goals at the basketball championships in that shithole in Macon a few years ago. AND, they're bringing the damn games back there