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Old Thu Jun 10, 2004, 07:27am
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Theisey - if the intentional PI is enforced as a separate 15 yard penalty, it would seem to me that you have a "multiple foul" issue. Since it is enforced as two, 15 yard penalties, and both are presumably live ball, then doesn't it follow that the offended team would have a "choice" of penalties? I realize (what I just said) doesn't necessarily make sense in the context of this penalty, but NFHS 10-2-3 clearly indicates that "when two or more live-ball fouls are committed by the same team, only one penalty may be enforced..." It seems like this (intentional PI) should be an exception to 10-2-3.

Having said all that, the PI penalties (without the intentional part) are pretty severe already. Furthermore, if no one is enforcing the "intentional" PI, then why is it in the rulebook?
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