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SEC Football Official Don Shanks Q and A Page

Don will provide two services for my page:

1) He will keep us up-to-date on the latest rule changes affecting SEC football.

2) During the football season, if you are watching a game and an SEC official makes a call you have a question about, email it to me and Don will answer your question on my page.
Instructions: When you have a question for Don, email it directly to me (please make sure you state that it is a question for Don) and I will post it to my page. During the week, Don will be checking out my page and when he sees that he has a question, he will email me his answer and I will post it to my page. It's as simple as that.

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09/20/04: Question from Jeff
This question is in regard to the Florida at Tennessee football game.

During the game, a Florida receiver who was called for a personal foul was retaliating for being hit first. However, the official, instead of calling offsetting penalties, called the penalty on the Florida receiver even though it looked like on the television replay that he was looking directly at the play when both hits were thrown.

What is the rule concerning the first slap thrown, is it not a penalty or is the person who responds called for a penalty? Also, are the officials reviewed after games? Is there an SEC officials web site?