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Old Sat Dec 25, 2004, 04:13pm
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Very interesting to read the American way to handle this.

In Canada, if both fouls are accepted, the dual foul rule applies. If one is declined, the other is treated as though it's the only foul.

Since A fouled first, B gets the first option. As was said earlier, B obtained the ball with clean hands. Therefore, B will likely decline A's foul. Then we penalize the B foul from where the ball was held at the time of the infraction. This is called Point Ball Held (PBH). The B clipping is a 15 yard foul in Canada but is not an "unnecessary roughness" foul, which are also 15 yards + AFD if applicable.

Since it's not a UR foul, and therefore highly arguable that it is a tactical foul, one would wonder that it should only be called if it has an impact on the play. Ie: B player that made the INT is close to where the clip happened. If the B player is at mid-field when the clip happened, then what effect does a clip have on the play? The answer is none. In that case, the flag should come out for UR because a clip that far away likely does not have a tactical advantage, but it does carry a safety issue. Still 15 yards.

This is one Cdn foul I wish was promoted to the UR flavour regardless.

If B accepts A's foul, then B's clip, by rule, is not applied.
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