Last Sunday’s game between Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders made a controversial move that NFL does not want repeated and has banned note / index cards for being used. Cowboys kicked a field goal and won the game but . . . the field goal may have never happened if it wasn’t for the index card to measure a first down.
NFL Senior VP of Officiating Alberto Riveron said he’s instructed Gene Steratore not to use paper during measurement process again. “That is very, very unusual. …That’s not the norm. Gene made the decision strictly on visual affirmation that the ball had made the line of gain.”
The NFL has told officials to no longer use index cards to measure first downs. https://t.co/joFNz5WtQk
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 21, 2017
