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Originally posted by chayos
Why are we killing the play? The kicker made no effort to stop. I understand the wind thing. But in those cases the kicker will stop and not kick the ball. In this case the ball falling from the tee and the kick were nearly simultaneous.
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Why are we killing the play?
Since K is free kicking from their own 40, can we assume that this is a kickoff?
It was not a drop-kick. So ...
... the ball must be kicked from a fixed position;
... the ball must be kicked from a designated spot;
... the ball must be kicked from the free-kick line;
When the ball fell off the tee, the above conditions could not be met. The ball cannot be legally kicked, therefore the play cannot start. Blow it dead.