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I was looking closely at the new IP verbage this morning and want to make I understand this thing correctly. This updated IP rule seems to have an exception to the all-but-one principle.
Consider this play...
A's ball 1st and 10 from A's 40. A10 throws a forward pass and is caught by A81 at B's 45. A81 runs and finally downed at B's 5. During A81's run (ie: not part of loose-ball play) a member of team A came on to the field and attempted to be part of the play but never influenced the play or touched the ball.
According to the casebook (page 71 9.6 comment) this is a basic spot enforcement. See bullet b. This of course means that even though A's foul took place behind the basic spot it's still enforced from the basic spot and not the spot of the foul. I therefore have A's ball 1st and 10 at B's 20. I noticed there's an error published and it should read "succeeding spot" but either way it's enforced from B's 20.
This whole thing is similar to the old nonplayer foul except that it carries a 15-yard penalty.
Do I understand this correctly?
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