Fri Aug 24, 2012, 12:30pm
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 1,250
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Originally Posted by CT1
Seems like I remember the NCAA putting in a rule to address this very play that absolves the defense from DPI on passes thrown in a way which resembles a kick.
Or was that just a proposal that never made into the book?
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That rule is in the NCAA rule book:
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Originally Posted by NCAA 7-3-8-c4
c. Defensive pass interference is contact beyond the neutral zone by a Team B player whose intent to impede an eligible opponent is obvious and it could
prevent the opponent the opportunity of receiving a catchable forward pass. When in question, a legal forward pass is catchable. Defensive pass interference occurs only after a legal forward pass is thrown. It is not defensive pass interference:
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4. When a Team A potential kicker, from scrimmage kick formation,
simulates a scrimmage kick by throwing the ball high and deep, and
contact by a Team B player occurs.
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