Today's Tidbit... Unfair Acts and the 12th Man

A Tidbit of one month ago described several ways in which a football referee can award points - or used to be able to award points. It can happen today is due to an Unfair Act since the rules give the referee the authority to make essentially any call necessary to remedy an unfair act, including a palpably unfair act in NFL parlance.

One set of unfair acts occurs when players come off the bench, or fans leave the stands to interfere with play. Since I promised to do a story focused on those even...