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X. PENALTY MEASUREMENT
1. The distance penalty for any foul may be declined.
2. Penalties are either 5, 10 or 15 yards.
3. Any live-ball foul is penalized according to the all-but-one enforcement principle except:
a. Fouls which occur simultaneously with the snap.
b. A foul by the opponents of the scoring team during a successful try, field goal or touchdown
when the score is accepted.
c. A nonplayer or unsportsmanlike foul.
d. Roughing the passer when the dead ball spot is beyond the neutral zone and there has been
no change of team possession.
4. Penalty enforcement for any dead ball, nonplayer or unsportsmanlike foul is from the succeeding
spot unless the foul occurs on a scoring play and the scoring team chooses enforcement on the
kickoff per 8-2-2, 8-2-3, 8-2-4 or 8-2-5
5. The penalty for any one of the five illegal passes is a loss of 5 yards and the down is counted except
for a forward pass following change of team possession.
6. The penalty for offensive pass interference includes the loss of down.
7. No penalty directly results in a safety, but if a distance penalty is enforced from behind the offender’s
goal line toward his end line, it is a safety.
8. The penalty for a live-ball foul by the defensive team is administered from the basic spot, except
when that spot is in the end zone.
9. The loss of down aspect of a penalty has no significance following a change of possession or if the
line to gain is reached after enforcement.