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Originally posted by PiggSkin
For this case, here's a good way to look at the reasoning: For a scrimmage down, the official spots the ball, and the ball must be snapped from that place... For a free kick ball, the official doesn't spot the ball, since each kicker likes to tee up their ball in their own special way... But the official is there to make sure the ball is in the right place... Consider that the equivalent of spotting the ball... Once done, it must be put in play from that spot...
Plus, it's always possible that in moving the ball left or right, they move it up or back a few inches...
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I agree with you so I will be devil's advocate here. What about after a safety and the team punts for the free-kick. Is that ball put into play at the exact spot designated when the ready-for-play was blown?
I really don't see a problem moving the ball a couple of inches but Kansas doesn't want things that way so I won't let them move it.