Most likely a Q, but I'm not searching through nearly 3,000 posts to find it. If offended, PM Bob Dole with your complaint.
This article is from September 22 of this year....
Referee Bill Leavy, who was downgraded after a Week 1 mistake, erred again in applying the NFL rule book Sunday.
Leavy and his crew penalized the Minnesota Vikings 15 yards, rather than charge them a timeout, after coach Leslie Frazier challenged their call on a fumble.
NFL rules prohibit coaches from challenging calls on turnovers, scores and certain other plays. Known as the "Jim Schwartz rule" after the Detroit Lions coach challenged a touchdown last season, the wording was re-written in the offseason.
"The ruling on the field was that there was no possession by the receiving player," Leavy said after the game. "Therefore, it was a muffed kick and could not be advanced by the kicking team."
The penalty for challenging an unreviewable play is the loss of a timeout, assuming the team has one. The Vikings had three.
Leavy acknowledged that it was a missed call on the part of the officials.
"A timeout should have been charged instead of a 15-yard penalty," he said.
Leavy set the Vikings up on first-and-25 at the Cleveland Browns' 41-yard line. The Vikings should have had the ball for a first-and-10 at the Browns' 26, with two timeouts left instead of three.
Leavy's crew was downgraded by the league, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, after a series of mistakes in the Week 1 game between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/97...all?src=mobile