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The “Rule” or the “Spirit of the Rule?”

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The “Rule” or the “Spirit of the Rule?”

The tuck rule. Dwayne Rudd’s helmet-gate. Calvin Johnson’s game-winning TD “drop.”

Should a referee have the power to overrule the textbook if it’s clear that the textbook’s wrong?
 
I think you should always follow the spirit of the rule more than the actual rule. There are instances where the rule that they're referencing was made for an entirely different situation than what happens and an interpretation needs to be made, that's why spirit of the rule is a better approach.
 
I think you should always follow the spirit of the rule more than the actual rule. There are instances where the rule that they're referencing was made for an entirely different situation than what happens and an interpretation needs to be made, that's why spirit of the rule is a better approach.

I agree. A book can't see all the nuances that happen in real life situations.
 
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Ideally one should do both: follow the letter of the spirit of the law because there's always going to be times where the letter says one thing and circumstances dictate the other,.
 
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