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Flag football

Penalties being called at record clip

Too many penalties this year? After three weeks, it looks like penalties are going to be up by over 3,000 yards. (Maybe fantasy rosters should include a referee position – a point per penalty, and 1 for every 10 yards).

If the current pace continues, we’ll finish with 3,760 penalties this season – over 300 more than last year.

And we’re currently on pace for 32,603 yards in penalties. Remarkably, that’s almost 10,00 more yards than back in 2008. Different game.

PENALTIES CLIMBING
YearPenaltiesYards
20023,32827,645
20033,37828,026
20043,57029,215
20053,72029,797
20063,04525,165
20072,93223,042
20082,86722,798
20093,03024,923
20103,10026,053
20113,28827,752
20123,21327,221
20133,44729,695
20143,38628,428
20153,54530,095
20163,44729,695
20173,42029,573
20183,76032,603

—Ian Allan

Fantasy Index