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In NF, there's really no penalty for being out on the field that's not a non-player, or succeeding spot foul, other than 9-9-1 in the Unfair Acts, and I hesitate to even bring that up because there is a specific rule, 9-8-1-i and 9-8-3 that covers it ant 9-9-1 is for events that have no specific rule coverage.
So even though a coach kept you from properly officiating the play, all you can have is a 15-yard succeeding spot UC. And while I certainly don't like punishing the players for an egregious act on the coach's part, succeeding spot fouls sometimes just don't have enough 'punch' so to speak to have a deterring effect.
Now having said that, the penalty for 9-8 fouls (including this one) states that if any foul is flagrant, DQ is an option. Do you DQ a coach for being inside the numbers during play? That's pretty flagrant--and dangerous--but do you toss him? By rule, you can--but would you?
Last edited by DJ_NV; Tue Oct 03, 2006 at 02:16pm.
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