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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
Hold the flag and throw if it later affects the play.
If the left gunner is held, but the punt goes down the middle and is tackled right away, how does the hold affect the play?
I (as the Referee) picked up this flag earlier this year: QB is sacked for a 6-yard loss. Just before I killed the play, my U had a flag. Turns out it is for a hold 1 yard behind the line. How exactly does this hold matter when the QB was sacked by someone else 5 yards behind the hold? A: it doesn't!
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How do you know that the left gunner isn't going to make a play somewhere in the middle of the field but was held/taken down completely out of the play?
What if there was a defensive penalty downfield? Then do you magically enforce the hold at the line in order to offset the penalties or do you pick up the foul on A and give B a benefit it doesn't have?
Besides, the defense has a choice, doesn't it? It can decline the penalty if it wants.