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Old Tue Oct 20, 2009, 05:26pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by indyguy View Post
So if:
A field goal is scored as follows:
a. The field goal attempt shall be a place kick or a drop kick from scrimmage, or from a free kick following a fair catch, or an awarded fair catch.

and if a punt is a legal form of "free kick" wouldn't a punt, after a fair catch, score 3 points if it went through the uprights?
The comma placement is misleading, and I could choose a better preposition and eliminate an article. It parses easier as, "a place kick or drop kick, from scrimmage or as a free kick following a fair catch or awarded fair catch." Because that's what they meant.
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