In football, why do they call it the "Red Zone"?
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Chance to score increases by being in fieldgoal range. Percentage wise.
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never heard of a "red zone goal" sorry...
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The Illegal defense, or 'zone' defense rule was eliminated in the NBA a few years ago (the 2001-02 season). \n\nNow the only 'illegal defense' is  the "3 seconds in the key" rule:\n\nIf you're on defense and aren't aggresively guarding someone, you can't spend more than 3 seconds in the key at a time.
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its when you pass the ball to someone who is past the last defender, thus making it unfair; however, it's the moment of the pass that counts, not the moment of the receiving of the ball, so the attacker can be inside and still be past the last defender
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football players only have 4 tries to get the ball past a certain yard marking. each of these 4 tries is called a down. if they don't make it to the mark on the first try, then they have a 2nd down (they might call it "2nd and 10", meaning it's the 2nd down and they have 10 yards to go before they reach the next mark). if they don't make it on the 2nd down, then they go to a 3rd down, etc. if it gets to a 4th down and they still don't make it to the mark, then the ball goes to the other team's possession.
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The "main referee" on the field of play uses a whistle and hand signals to call fouls, corner kicks, free kicks. There is a referee on either side of the field - running up and down the field with the players on the sidelines - they use "flags" to signal the ball out, off sides etc. Just as in American football, there are hand signs for different calls/ fouls etc and ALL the soccer teams know all these flag signs and whistles and hand signs. The field referee also uses "cards" for offenses beyond a simple foul (yellow card) like for talking back to ref and other uncalled for not tolerated offenses - like blatant attack using hands that cause injury to another player. Red cards mean you are "out of the game" which can sometimes leave the team short of players on the field because the ejected player under a red card CANNOT be replaced.
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i assume we're talking about american football here. offside is when the defensive team crosses the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped. the line of scrimmage being the yard line where the ball is currently spotted. an onside kick is when the team kicking off  tries to kick the ball short so that they can recover it before the receiving team does. you see the rule is if the team kicking off kicks the ball 10 yards down the field they can recover it if they can get to it before the receiving team
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Same as all the others....\nThe field is often called the gridiron because the markings on the field resemble a grill. The game is played on a rectangular field 120 yards (110 metres) long by 53 1/3 yards (49 metres) wide. The longer boundary lines are sidelines, while the shorter boundary lines are end lines. Near each end of the field is a goal line; they are 100 yards apart. A scoring area called an end zone extends 10 yards beyond each goal line to each end line.\n\nYard lines cross the field every 5 yards, and are numbered from each goal line to the 50-yard line, or midfield (similar to a typical rugby league field). Two rows of lines, known as hash marks parallel the side lines near the middle of the field. All plays start with the ball on or between the hash marks.\n\nAt the back of each end zone are two goal posts (also called uprights) that are 18.5 feet apart. The posts are connected by a crossbar 10 feet from the ground. Successful kicks must go above the crossbar and between the uprights. (At many fields the uprights and crossbar are attached by a curved bar to a post outside the field of play, to reduce the chance of players running into the supports.)
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i am a certified ref and this is how it works. their are two types of reds, a hard red and a soft red. a hard red is where a player gets a red card directly for an action like fighting. a soft red is when he has two seperate offenses in which he recieves a yellow. in fifa rules a hard red means they are out for the rest of the game and the next game. a soft red just means the rest of the one game. also in addition if a hard red is given then the team cannot sub anyone on in his place and must play downa man whereas a player can be subed if its a soft red. rules very for high school and youth leagues though, normally an athletic director would decided on the punishment.
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In American Football, they get a red card...and then there's a fight.
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American football is something like rugby. In fact I wonder why they even call it football since they kick the ball very rarely. I personally find it very boring, most of the time the players just sit there waiting for the game to start again.
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In NFL as well as College, you are not allowed to Trip anyone. It s a Personal Foul, and 15 yard or the result of the play is awarded to the other team.\n\nTripping:  Using your leg,to swing at another play in an effort to knock them to the ground.
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It's a throw back to the days before yellow and red cards. To record bad fouls or other offensive behaviour, the referee used to just write the offending player's name in a book (he still does) but not show a card - hence the term "booking". Now we have the card system (introduced in 1976) so a booking is accompanied by a yellow card.
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A rouge, or a single point, is scored when the kicking team either punts the ball through the endzone, kicks the ball through the end zone (missed field goal attempt), or when the returning team's ball carrier puts a knee down in the end zone after fielding a punt or missed field goal.  It's a great rule for a punt, and a poor rule for a missed field goal in that it rewards failure.
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Because the entire world (with the exception of the USA) calls it football, maybe.  You use your feet, so "FOOTball," get it?
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You can see the entire play develop.  One thing to watch is the secondary, do they blitz, play zone, come up to support the run.  Does a Defensive end drop back to take away a passing lane while a linebacker blitzes on the other side where there are fewer blockers.  Is the offense throwing timing routes, or are they having the recievers try to sheild the defensive backs from the ball.  How is the tightends being used, are they pushing up the field, running short curl routes, or are they helping in the pass protection scheme and run support.  Football is a sport that is great both live and on TV.
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its a ball spot so the ref or stat keeper has a mark to go from