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Old Tue Aug 28, 2007, 06:04pm
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Lightbulb Canadian Ruling
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Originally Posted by Ch1town
...can a backwards pass by the QB ever be ruled intentional grounding? Or does grounding have to be on a forward pass?
CANADIAN RULING:

No. Deliberate grounding has two criteria that must be met:
  1. throwing to an area with no eligible team A receiver
  2. apparantly to avoid a loss of yards
That means that the QB spiking the ball is not deliberate grounding! Anyone care to guess why?
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