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Originally Posted by Warrenkicker
You have it right.
However in that very short amount of time between catching a snap and placing it for a hold it would be very hard to fumble it. I'm not saying it can't be done especially at the high school level but that it would be rare. A holder may lose possession of the ball while placing it on the ground but then it wouldn't roll far away. However now he has lost his exception and while trying to pick the ball up he had better get that knee off of the ground before he grabs the ball or the play is over.
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I agree with you re the "short amount of time." Let's change the play so that now the snap is still good, but this time the holder clearly
muffs the ball. He (a) rises and retrieves the ball, grounds his knee again and places the ball for the kick, or (b) keeps his knee
grounded and retrieves the ball and places the ball for the kick.
Ruling in (a) and (b)?