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[Canadian Ruling]
One minor change to HFOA's result in that onside players cannot recover offside passes that are as a result of the ball being thrown forward (sorry do not have my rule book here for reference.)
Also, I think that we should flag all offside passes even though they are not fouls. Otherwise, you will have a hard time selling the Team A caoch on the fact that you may be taking away his touchdown. No flag usually indicates that touchdowns will stand. Imagine explaining to the coach that "coach there is no laundry on the field but your touchdown is being called back anyway..."
In my mind, offside passes have penalties and so the flag indicates that we may have a penalty to apply even though we have no foul.
I think that the Canadian rule book does not do justice to the offside pass in terms of the resulting penalty and when to apply and when not to apply.
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