The last play of the first half between the Stamps and Lions featured a pass to (Clermont?) who then avoiding a tackle punted the ball down field. The ball rolled towards the Calgary endzone where a Calgary player and a BC player fell uopn it at the 2 yard line. The Calgary player touched it, and the ball squirted into the endzone. The BC player was flagged for no yards. Calgary recovered the ball in the endzone and did not return it.
Calgary declined the penalty. The play was video reviewed. The call on the field stood. No points were awarded on the play.
Discussing it with Rammer, Rammer felt that the Lions deserved a single on the play, I felt that the Lions deserved a safety on the play.
I looked up the rule book at cfl.ca.
| rulebook wrote: |
| A safety touch is scored when the ball becomes dead in the possession of a team in its own goal area, or touches or crosses the dead-line or a side-line-in-goal as a result of the ball having been carried, kicked, fumbled or otherwise directed from the field of play into the goal area by the team scored against, or as a direct result of a kick from scrimmage having been blocked in the field of play or goal area. |
We wondered if perhaps the Stamps needed to establish full possession rather than just touching the ball as they did at the 2 yard line.
| rulebook wrote: |
| If a kicked ball other than a kickoff is legally touched by a player of either team such touching shall be deemed to be possession. |
Sounds like the Lions should have had a safety. Were the officials asleep? Were they so busy with the penalty call and video review that they just plum forgot about the points? What gives?
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