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From profootballtalk.com
My concern with this is that most of us would have to agree: If you watch plays very carefully, probably you would find holding could be called in the majority of them. That being said, as it stood before, the refs have had a great deal of control over the outcome of games...............now they could have "dicatorial" power over the same. Remember, holding calls cannot be reviewed.
I certainly understand that concern (I'd say we saw that kind of outcome determinative call when Seth Payne got called for a freak defensive holding call a few years back which gave the other team a 1st down after an unsuccessful 4th quarter 3rd down attempt) but the solution isn't to just give up on holding. There were almost 300 less holding calls last year than 2005. This seems like just getting back to enforcing the rule rather than over emphasizing it.
That's where I am. In truth, not calling a holding penalty can dictate the game just as much as calling one. I like the old rule of thumb guidelines of you can get away with a lot inside the frame of your body but if he gets outside your frame and you hold the hanky flies.
Agree completely. If you can lock them up inside..fine. But I saw alot of DEs turning corners last year where a lineman was outstretched and still trying to impede with a last grasp. The call was never made.
If that's what the refs consistently go for, then I'm on board. I just don't want to see the games totally taken over with flying snot rags, like I've seen in the NBA where you seem to many times solely live or die by the zebras' moods and biases.