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Article: Not everyone knows rules of the gridiron Difference between prep, NCAA football is huge
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2009
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By JR RADCLIFFE
No catchable ball, no contact, then no pass interference.
Right?
Those may be accurately paired circumstances in the game of
football as most fans understand it, but they don't necessarily jive
in the high school game. As Jeff Stern, chairman of the Eastern
Wisconsin Officials Association pointed out, pass interference in
high school can be called regardless of how "catchable" the ball is,
and even if there is no contact.
"Most of what people get wrong are things they see on Saturday
and Sunday," Stern said, speaking at an inaugural Media Night in Oak
Creek on Aug. 6. He said the high school game features more than 300
differences - from equipment to field specifications to ...