[Mike Simonds]

Thanks guys! I edited my post. I don't know how I got my K's and R's mixed up. Keep the answers coming!

Mr. Theisy brings up a great conversation starter. Does using an illegal tee make the kick itself illegal? If it does, then the illegal kick is treated as a fumble and if the result of the play is a touchback (A/K forces the ball into B/R's end zone where it becomes dead in B's possession or goes out of bounds beyond the endline or across the sideline).

Therefore B/R would be able to decline the penalty for the illegal kick and take the results of the play (touchback, B's ball 1st and 10 from their 20 yardline; assuming that the referee denies the score by K; I can see where this would be a can of worms). Or they could accept the penalty for an illegal kick: 15 yards from the spot of the foul and make A/K replay the down.

In my 9 years (I still consider myself a rookie!) I've only seen an illegal kick twice; and both fouls occurred in the same game! Both were punt plays where the punter, standing in his own end zone, muffed the snap and then kicked the ball out of the end zone while it was on the ground to prevent B from recovering it for a touchdown. The referee did not call the foul on the first one; R recovered the ball in K's territory. We talked about it during half-time and all agreed it was an illegal kick and R would have the choice of accepting the results of the play or the penalty. Guess what, the same team committed the same foul in the second half and the defense accepted the penalty for a safety.

Thanks for all the great answers.

[Edited by Mike Simonds on Aug 1st, 2002 at 03:00 PM]