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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
CANADIAN RULING:
I believe this situation would have to fall under Interference by an Unauthorized Person. If not, then the elastic power rule should be used (2-3-1).
Without my book with me right now, I would do one of the two: - award a touchdown and continue with the convert attempt as usual (IUP)
- award 1D/G at the B-1 yard line (EPR)
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OK, but that doesn't answer my question about extending the period. It would seem the equity would lie with not doing so, but I didn't know whether the rules considered such an award a penalty for which the ordinary procedures applied.
BTW, I can think of perfectly innocent ways the scenario I wrote of could come up. A team might have a ball boy fetch balls that land far out of play, and then he comes back and sees one of the big kids on the field apparently waiting for the ball.
Robert