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Originally Posted by Ed Hickland
Football is unique in that play is allowed to continue even though a foul has occurred.
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Unique?? No way! In most sports I can think of at least some play continues following fouls. There are some where play is killed immediately -- court-and-rally sports such as handball, tennis, badminton -- because continued play would obviously be futile. There are others where the players take turns such as croquet & pool where you enforce immediately because it's no big deal to "interrupt" play. But rugby, lacrosse, hockey, baseball, racing, basketball and other continuous action sports all allow continuation of play.
Robert