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Thanks for your replies guys. My friend had this situation a couple days ago. He was the R on a 4 man crew. The line judge did nothing about the invalid fair catch signal, and I didn't get the detail on whether or not he blew his whistle when R caught the ball. However, the other 3 officials, excluding my friend the R, ruled that it should be kick catching interference and marched it off from the previous spot and made K re-kick. My friend believed (afterwards) that they should've at least penalized for a dead ball personal foul since the ball should've become dead when R possessed it (regardless if it was a valid or invalid fair catch signal.) I agreed with him, but also pointed out that they should've had a PSK penalty first, then the dead ball (as JRutledge pointed out as well.) I just wanted to make sure I was right, because I couldn't find the exact statement "a receiever is awarded protection after giving a fair catch signal whether valid or invalid," although common sense should tell you that the receiver is awarded protection. If anyone knows where it specifically mentions that, please let me know. The only thing I could find that does, is at the bottom of page 45 in either the rules or case book (I can't remember which.) Is there a more specific reference?
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