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Originally Posted by bigjohn
bully, can you call encroachment on the kicker? not by rule. I POSTED 6-1-3 ABOVE
ART. 3 . . . After the ball is marked ready for play and until it is kicked, no player,
other than the kicker and the holder for a place kick may be beyond his freekick
line.
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That is a good question and that was brought up by one of the officials.
The answer is no, you cannot have encroachment on the kicker. But, in this case, we did not have a kicker. K1 wanted to be the kicker, but he never kicked the ball.
So, I believe the correct ruling on the play is encroachment by K, 5yards and rekick.
This was Pop Warner level, so we just did a rekick with no penalty (and no complaints).