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Originally posted by Bob Mc
We don't know if runner A1 scored. Let's say he scored, do you enforce the penalty from the succeeding spot (the spot of the try? That doesn't seem like much of a penalty. Rule 2-40-10 says "The succeeding spot is where the ball would next be snapped or free kicked if a foul had not occurred.")?
You're right. This does not seem like much but enforcement from the succeeding spot is the correct way to do this. And the succeeding spot would be the try.
If he didn't score, and was tackled at, say, B's 35, would you penalize from the spot of the foul (which we don't know, either) or the end of the run? Whichever was worse for B? Or would A have the choice of taking the result of the play if that would be more yardage than they could get penalizing B from the spot of the foul?
The spot here would be the end of the run (all but one principal).
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This is one place where the NFL actually gets it right and enforces such a penalty on the kickoff.
But in our NF games, it's the succeeding spot, and that makes it enforced on the try.