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Originally posted by jack015
To have a PSK enforcement, you must have a spot where the kick ends. This could be where R possesses the kick, where the kick goes out of bounds untouched by K, the spot where K first touches the kick, or the spot where the kick is on the ground motionless and no player attempts to secure possession. If an IW happens prior to any of the above, the PSK enforcement spot has not been established so the down must be replayed per 4-2-3a.
I believe that this is the NF's intent even though they do a poor job of explaining and their Power Point slide show states that the ball must be in R's possession when the down ends.
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But we do have a spot where the kick ends. Acc. to 2-23-2, a kick ends when a player gains possession or when the ball becomes dead by rule. When the IW sounded, the ball became dead (4-2-2j) and, therefore, the kick ended. Looking at 4-2-3a, we see that in order to replay the down from the original LOS, the foul must be declined. IMO, if K decides to accept the foul, which meets PSK requirements, they are still essentially content with giving up the ball, and it should be enforced as such. You can't have your cake & eat it too.
The other thing that bothered me about the above post was "the spot where K first touches the kick". A kick never ends by first touching or a muff. The only thing that comes close is when a ball at rest is touched ("downed") by K, but anything short of this type of touching by either team does not end the kick.
Hope that helps somebody, although I'm still not sure what NF's stance is..
J Ransom