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Originally posted by ljudge
Play: With one second remaining in the fourth quarter, team A trails, 7-6, and has the ball, fourth and 10 on the 50 yardline. Quarterback A1, finding no open receiver, decides to run. A1 scrambles and advances to team B's five yardline. Realizing he will not make the endzone, he throws a desperation forward pass. Ineligible A2 catches the ball in team B's endzone.
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Flag the spot of release of the pass. This is an offside pass subject to penalty (OPSTP). B will accept the OPSTP since the result of the play was favourable to A. The penalty for OPSTP is downs continue at point of origin of the offside pass. Since time ran out, the game is over.
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Originally posted by ljudge
This case play had to do with the new rule which I'm NOT interested in at the moment. So, let's change this slightly. Say it's 2:00 minutes to play.
The ruling says that A1 is guilty of throwing an illegal forward pass. I agree with that. Additionally, A2 is guilty of offensive pass interference and of being an ineligible downfield.
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The Canadian ruling does not change, except that with time remaining, the game is not over. It does not make sense to also penalize for OPI and being downfield, in both Canada and south of the border.