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Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.
Yes but an illegal kick is the same as a fumble. I remember reading that in the rule book. I'm not disuputing anything else said, but could you construe the illegal kick is a fumble as a ending the kick, since you can't fumble without possession. Just curious your thoughts on that one.
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The definition of a kick says a kick ends when a player gains possession or when the ball becomes dead for some other reason. So like wiseref2 said, it's still a kick. The scrimmage kick ended when the ball crossed the goal line. Therefore the basic spot becomes the 20. The foul occured at the 25 so you go to the basic spot and march off half the distance. Had the illegal kick occured at the 10 for example, you'd have a foul by the offense behind the basic spot so you mark off half from the 10.