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Since lots of people have been disputing the exact rules of the coin toss and resulting first half and second half kickoff choices, I wanted to ask about another unusual rule. Is it true that where your flag is pulled, you are down, regardless of the position of the ball? In our game against Diesel, there were several 3rd and short or 4th and short situations where we just had our QB rush up the middle after the snap, holding the ball out in front of him to break the plane of the 1st down. At least once or twice, his flag was pulled and dropped short of the 1st down while his hands and ball were clearly over the line. We mentioned this, and the refs said that the position of the ball didn`t matter..only where the flag was pulled. We weren`t aware of this, and this is contrary to any football rule (flag or tackle) that we have seen before, so can anyone confirm that this is what the rule is really supposed to be? Or were the refs mistaken?