As stupid as the players are for doing it , something needs to be done about the terrible officiating on these plays . Do they not understand the rules for a touchdown that the ball must cross the plane of the goal line in the possession of a player to be a touchdown ? Are they too lazy to wait for the end of the play to make the call ? I would understand if this happened one time and the ref messed up , but given how often it happens why aren ' t referees paying attention to touchdowns ? Additionally , referees are meant to err on the side of allowing a play to continue in this case , assume it is not a touchdown if it ' s a close call as it is possible to call a play back to a point but impossible to know what would of happened if they hadn ' t blown their whistle . Really bad plays , but also really bad officiating .