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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
Where did I say that it's okay for him to enter the NZ?
And no, I don't have any reason to think it's an intentional act. What advantage is gained by having him run up and miss the ball?
I've had this happen a couple of times before. And both times, one or more of the other 10 players entered the NZ. Flag.
walt, there was no time to kill the play in either situation before K players enter the NZ.
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Makes sense. Can't imagine why someone would intentionally have the kicker wiff the ball. Oh! I forgot about youth football coaches.
So my original post was somewhat incorrect in that a kicker is not a kicker until he kicks the ball legally.
If the potential kicker wiffs the ball more than likely he or a teammate would commit a neutral zone infraction -- dead ball foul.
If the wiff is judged to be intentional for some strange reason you could penalize the kicking team with attempting to deceive. Why you would ever believe someone would do this intentionally?