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Originally posted by mcrowder
Wow.
Just wow.
No offense guys, and we were all new once... but how do you get out of the very first rules clinic without having at least this down pat and ingrained in your brain. That's just about the first rule you learn on penalty enforcement ... before even learning which fouls are 5, 10, and 15 yards.
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I think part of the problem is that officials sometimes listen to announcers. Announcers use words like, "Tacked onto" to describe what is happening to the viewers.
I fully agree with those who say to repeat the down after a facemask penalty. I don't believe ANY league tacks on the yardage and counts the down. (Could be wrong about NFL on this one).
If we would quit refering to a facemask foul as a "tack-on" penalty, we might discourage people from wanting to count the down. The rulebook does not contain these words and they only serve to confuse newer officials.
If there is foul by the defense, the down is ALWAYS replayed unless an automatic first down is awarded as part of the penalty or unless the line-to-gain is reached after enforcement.
[Edited by mikesears on Sep 7th, 2004 at 12:56 PM]