# Football Rules: Is This Legal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-rules-is-this-legal/133181>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 21, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-rules-is-this-legal/133181 "2002-10-21T04:41:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-rules-is-this-legal/133181/21 "2002-10-21T19:45:39Z")

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One nit-pick to the last post. The ball is not dead until (a)“it comes to rest…” And the whistle has blown. It is not sufficient for the ball to just come to rest.

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