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Originally Posted by FredFan7
Fourth and 10 for team K at its own 40.
R5 gives an invalid fair catch signal at his own 20. a) After R5 catches the ball, K44 hits R5 drawing a DEAD BALL personal foul
b) K44 hits R5 while the ball is ALIVE drawing a kick-catching interference foul.
All fouls are accepted.
Who has the ball and where?
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CANADIAN RULING:
Our equivalent to the fair catch rule designed to afford the punt receiver some protection is the Restraining Zone rule - the 5 yard halo around R.
No offside-to-the-punter K player can be inside a 5 yard halo centered at R5 when R5
first
touches the ball. It's a 5 or 15 yard penalty, depending on if the ball had bounced first, and/or if the K player immediately participated in the tackle. It the descriptions above, if K was inside the 5 yard halo at the P
FT, there will be a 15 yard Restraining Zone penalty applied. Result: B 1D/10 @ PFT+15.