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Old Mon Sep 15, 2003, 08:57am
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Originally posted by lawref
Wouldn't it have been a 60-yard field goal? I always thought you backed K up 10 yards for the free kick.
No, you don't back K up. You move R back 10 yards from the spot of the catch. Moving K back wouldn't be fair. They should be allowed to kick the ball from where they caught it. Moving them back would be equivalent to a 10 yard penalty.
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