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Originally Posted by Husker John
During our youth football game covered by High School Rules, we had our placekicker hit by a defender during the try. No roughing the kicker penalty was called. From my view, the defender did not touch the ball and was not blocked into the kicker.
The white hat said that under high school rules the defenders can hit the kicker without a roughing penalty being called. Is this correct, or there certain circumstances that allows this?  |
This might be a "had to be there" thing.
Here is the rulebook wording:
Rule 9-4-5: Running into or roughing the kicker or holder.
A defensive player shall neither run into the kicker nor holder, which is contact that displaces the kicker or holder without roughing; nor block, tackle or charge into the kicker of a scrimmage kick, or the place-kick holder, other than when:
a. Contact is unavoidable because it is not reasonably certain that a kick will be made.
b. The defense touches the kick near the kicker and contact is unavoidable.
c. Contact is slight and is partially caused by movement of the kicker.
d. Contact is caused by R being blocked into the kicker or holder by K.