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Old Thu Oct 19, 2006, 07:49am
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Someone got back to me about the ruling I was originally given. It's not a safety as you all have said here.

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Originally Posted by The Roamin' Umpire
Indeed. But it's only a safety if the offense fouls in their own end zone.
Well let's see. If, on this same play the ball had gone out of the endzone (impetus by A) causing what would be a touchback, then I believe the defense could have scored a safety on itself because this would then be a spot foul. Agree?
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