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This reminds me of an earlier post (pre-season I think) on another board where the suggestion was made at that time by one of the posters responding to let the play go off (with 12) and then (based on the result of the "last play") enforce an illegal participation foul. The logic being it's not in keeping with the intent of the rules to allow a team to foul "intentionally", get a minor penalty enforced, and then get a chance (as was done here) to kick the game winning field goal due to being able to run in the kicking team during the penalty enforcement clock stoppage.
After reading this play situation, I think that it's a more equitable solution than calling a DB-IS foul and giving the fouling team just what they wanted.
While I'm a strong believer in "preventive" officiating (and getting the 5 - not the 15 on this kind of foul), I think I'd "make an exception" this late in the game and let it go, then flag them for the 15.
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