Comment on They did the math

• Bassman1805@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I get it, “2 penalties canceling out” basically requires a master’s degree. That’s why you never see high school dropouts watching American football while halfway through a case of beer.

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• OuterRem@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  American Football, where two wrongs CAN equal a right. Provided they’re wrong enough.

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not equally wrong?

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    • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      it has to have a yardage offset of like kind for the play to count, and i think both infractions must be of the 5 yard variety, so basically a defender needs to be offsides and an offensive lineman needs to hold (probably the offside defender). anything else the penalties offset and you replay the down

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      • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well I looked into it a bit, and interestingly those are indeed words that you used there.

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Provided by : innane advertising! Nothing fills downtime like loud ads!

    Or so I’ve heard, I’ve never seen a broadcast of handegg in my entire life.

    Except rugby.

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• Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He could not have explained it any better and your response is: “I’m a moron”

  We’ll done sir.

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  • batmaniam@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Listen this isn’t a fancy sport like futbol where they just make up extra time at the end.

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