Since I can't speak as a ref publicly due to restrictions, this is the anonymous account of a football referee...

Feel free to ask me opinions and/or rulings for football (include the level of play). A link to the actual play will help tremendously.

Most pop Q I get: The 'wrong ball' play http://tinyurl.com/wrongball1 Ruling: ILLEGAL (deception). Unsportsman for coach!

Watching the pats/texans game. Those "hand slaps" on Johnson? DPI could be called, but it's ticky-tacky (didn't interfere w/catch)

Sanders on Anderson hit? Easy call. Helmet to helmet on defenseless receiver. Can't argue that at all.

Pollard hit causing the roughing? Probably because he left his feet. We're taught that key as being "punish" instead of a tackle.

So all you kids playing ball: Don't leave the ground unless necessary, as NCAA & up it will usually draw the flag.

Push on Brady? Usually I tell defenders not to push, cause you only push when you know the ball is away. Still not a roughing.

Illegal forward pass is when any part of the throwers body is beyond the LOS. Even the front foot, but refs will give you a yard or two.