Next time you're watching an NFL game in which a team is out of timeouts and trying to score in the last few seconds, watch the officials.
Tell me you haven't seen this a hundred times:á
An offensive player is tackled inbounds.The quarterback waves frantically for everyone to line up.
Tick-tick-tick....
Hurry, hurry!
The offensive players race to the line. And so do...the officials!
Look at them, middle-age men in zebra suits running around as fast as they can to spot the ball ready for play in the shortest possible time.
Why?
I mean, what is compelling them to spot the ball any faster than they have during the rest of the game?
There can be only one answer:They want to give the trailing team every opportunity they can to catch up.á
Think of it this way:
At any other point in ...
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