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Originally Posted by mikesears
R signals for a fair catch. R muffs the attempt to catch the kick into the air. K contacts him to possess the ball. Your reading would call this KCI. Casebook play 6.5.6E says this is legal.
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A muff ends R's "unmolested opportunity to catch the ball." He screwed it up, and he may be hit.
That's different from insisting that R may be creamed the instant he touches the ball (as the NFL allows, for example).