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Originally Posted by michaelround
I'm having trouble finding "expanded neutral zone" in the rule book. Under "Scrimmage Kick", rule 9, section 1, article 6, the "note" reads "When the kickers recover a legal kick from scrimmage after it has been first touched by the receiving team beyond the line, etc." Article 7 goes on to describe the situation when the ball is touched "in the immediate vicinity of the neutral zone", and the ball goes beyond the line, etc.
The former simply talks about "beyond the line"; the latter "in the immediate vicinity of the neutral zone" (without defining this).
But I can find no reference anywhere to "expanded neutral zone". Can you help?
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ALWAYS look at Rule 2. Nothing else works without the definitions. 2.28.2 "The neutral zone may be expanded following the snap up to a maximum of 2 yards behind the defensive line of scrimmage, in the field of play, during any scrimmage down."