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Originally Posted by Sonofanump
I have never thought about this scenario before for NFHS, but, what if (our favorite question from rules meetings) A/K kicks the ball, B/R sees that the ball is going to not cross the neutral zone so he signals for a fair catch so that the ball becomes dead if A/K catches it. Is the fair catch signal valid?
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REPLY: By (Federation) definitions 2-9-3 and 2-9-4a, the signal is certainly valid, but as ljudge pointed out, if A/K catches the kick behind the neutral zone, the ball does remain live with the opportunity for A/K to advance. If B/R caught it behind the neutral zone (after signaling), the ball would be dead (see NF 4-2-2g), but it would
not be a fair catch.
[Note to THeisey: Remember this one Tom?]