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Ask the Ref with Tom Higgins for Week 8
In this week’s Ask the Ref, Tom Higgins tackles the issue of no-yards, and many other questions from our fans. Be sure to keep sending in your questions to asktheref@cfl.ca
Ask the Ref: A conversation with Tom Higgins
Starting this week, we’re inviting fans to send in any questions they may have on rules and officiating. Our Director of Officiating, Tom Higgins, will endeavour to answer them.
Higgins: Evaluating our officials
Imagine being evaluated on every single thing you did today at work. That’s what life is like for CFL Officials who are graded on every single play of every single game.
Higgins: The rules on onside kicks
CFL Director of Officiating Tom Higgins explains some interesting rules concerning onside kicks you may not have previously known.
Higgins: Too Many Men vs No Yards
CFL Director of Officiating Tom Higgins exaplains a pair of rulings from last week’s games including the off-setting too many men/ no yards penalties from Montreal vs Calgary.
Higgins: Challenging the spot of the ball
Tom Higgins explains why the Toronto Argonauts were penalized for delay of game during Friday night’s game against for challenging the spot of the ball on 2nd down.
Ask the Ref: A conversation with Tom Higgins
As we approach the midway mark of the 2010 season, CFL.ca presents a conversation with CFL Director of Officiating, Tom Higgins on the state of the league’s officiating.
Can the game end on a penalty?
The CFL’s Director of Officiating Tom Higgins explains whether a game can end on a penalty in his latest column for CFL.ca.
Higgins: A trio of rules explanations
The CFL’s Director of Officiating Tom Higgins explains unnecessary roughness, pyramiding and face masking in his latest column for CFL.ca.
An ineligible number, an eligible position
The CFL’s Director of Officiating Tom Higgins explains why players wearing an ineligible number (50-69) must report to the referee prior to the play to line up in an eligible position.
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