This is why I am glad I found this forum. The first game of the 2005 season, the Georgia high school team for which I broadcast kicked a high kick and fielded it 15 yards downfield
without touching either the ground or a player from the receiving team. The officials ruled kick catch interference, and I questioned the call on the air. I just knew the kicking team could field the ball anywhere as long as it went ten yards.
After I returned home, I looked it up. I was quite wrong. In NFHS, the ball must touch the ground or a receiving player before the kicking team can gain possession.
The next week I admitted my mistake, read the correct rule and apologized on the air.
Hopefully I can learn enough from this forum to avoid sounding like an idiot again.
