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Originally Posted by kermitology
Yeah, and Nate Thompson's shoulders are above the crossbar. Deductive reasoning.
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Maybe a lawyer can step in but that's not conclusive. In CFL or NFL if a player crosses the goal line in a mess of players with the ball under him, no TD call on the field despite the fact the ball is obviously over the line due to his body positioning, replay will not overturn if they can't see the ball relative to the goal line as to them it's not conclusive that the ball crossed the line. Same in this case. You are simply assuming that; a) it definitely was contacted at his shoulder height and b) that his shoulder height was above the cross bar because you can clearly see he's leaning in the first picture which means his shoulders are not at standing height. Simply too many variables to call it conclusive without the crossbar being in the picture.