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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
The wording being "an additional 15 yards", how does it work? Is it administered as 2 successive 15 yard penalties, or a single penalty of 30 yards?
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Shame on me for admitting this - but I believe you indirectly raise an interesting issue.
The rule does not say to call an additional USC penalty - it says the penalty for intentional DPI is "an additional 15 yards." Why does it matter? Well ... how do you administer this foul from the 40 yard line? 15 to the 25, then half the distance to the 12 1/2? Or just flat out half the distance (to the 20). Logic would seem to be the former, but the way this rule reads, one could interpret it as the latter.
What about from the 20? To the 5 and then half? Or just half? How about from the 32?