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Originally posted by schmitty1973
NF: 1. The illegal touching becomes Offensive pass interference, penalize half the distance from 15 yd line (spot of first touching) and it's 4th Down. Or B could decline the penalty and make it 4th down from the 5.
[Edited by schmitty1973 on Dec 15th, 2004 at 11:51 PM]
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The illegal touching is NOT pass interference cuz the touching is "behind" the NZ. If the ineligible receiver touches the ball "beyond" the NZ, then we would have OPI, but this is not the case here. NF table 10-5.