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I used to work with an old referee who always asked the captain of the scored upon team which team did he want to kick off. Of course they all thought he was senile old lunatic.
Here is one situation where it might be called for:
Team A scores a TD and PAT to trail 9 to 7 with 20 seconds left in the game. Team B's kikcker can kick it to the end zone every time. Team B elects to kick off and make Team A go 80 yds in 20 seconds, versus the possibility of Team A recovering an on side kick at about the 45, one 20 yard pass, a time out and then a field goal to win the game.
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