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| 19th March, 2007 - 11:32 am |  ESPN - Mike Nolan has a plan to help fix pass interference calls that unfairly favor the offense.
His plan would let officials decide if a penalty should result in a 15-yard penalty or a harsher, spot of the foul penalty.
The current rules state that a defensive pass interference penalty rewards the offense with the ball at the spot of the foul or at the one yard line if the penalty happens in the end zone.
Nolan, a former defensive back, points out that with the subjectivity of pass interference calls, it pushes offensive coaches into calling plays that simply try to draw penalties.
"You'll see them drop back and throw it vertical," Nolan told the Sacramento Bee. "They'll overthrow the play; they just want the penalty." [READ] |
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