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Originally posted by James Neil
The Oregon thing is a good thing!
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The draft that they voted on contained:
10-4-3(new, re-nimber 3,4) -
The basic spot is the spot where the kick ends when R fouls occur:
a.
During scrimmage kick plays other than a try;
b.
During a scrimmage kick play in which the ball crosses the expaned neutral zone;
c.
Beyond the expaned neutral zone;
d.
Before the end of the kick;
e.
K does not have possession of the ball when the down ends;
R fouls behind the PSK post are post fouls.
As you can see the wording contains the words
play and
plays.
Thats the good news!
Now here is the bad news. They wrote this paragraph right under the rule:
Rationale: The penalty R recieves for a foul during a scrimmage is far to severe... ...This change, most importantly, does not creat an exception to the penalty code, but rather, a new enforcment spot. In addition,
the rule change does not change the concept that R has to get the ball with "clean hands", but rather, that they have to have clean hands until the ball crosses the expanded neutral zone. This is consistent with the NF Handbook and the other rule codes.
As you can see while the "Rationale" is quite clear, the wording in the rule is inconsistant with the woring in the rationale.
Theisey, I agree with your humble opinion, but it's not looking very favorable at this point!
Time will tell!
BTW
My copy ends with this:
Questionaire Item #23: 138 Yes 76 No - 64%