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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
I'm not a football ref by any means, although I do scrounge around flag football in the intramural setting here at college. I come to you from the world of baseball, my brother officials.
Had an interesting situation last night, and was curious what the ruling would be in FED, NCAA, and pro.
Penalty on the offense, followed by an interception, followed by a penalty on the returning defense.
Common sense says the offensive penalty is declined, the defensive one is enforced as normal, and defense retains possession.
The game was played under NIRSA rules (which I'm sure very few of you are familiar with) but my boss is saying the penalties should off-set. Maybe under NIRSA ruleset, but we won't go there. What is the ruling in NFL, NCAA, and FED?
Thanks...
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CANADIAN RULING:
If B accepts the A foul, A keeps the ball, and the two fouls are balanced from the LS. If B declines the A foul, B gets the ball, but with their foul applied.
The choice is really B's, and I would be saying, "A's ball there (pointing to the new spot after both penalties applied), or your ball there (pointing to the spot of just B's foul is applied)."
Edit: if the first foul is an A UR, B can have that foul applied at the same spot where B's foul is applied, and therefore, keep the ball and also negate the yards B is penalized, and possibly even gain 5 yards out of it all.