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Old Sat Sep 08, 2012, 07:29pm
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Originally Posted by mtn335 View Post
What he means by "Three Options" is that, if K (the kicking team) causes the ball to go out-of-bounds on a free kick (like a kickoff), then R (the receiving team) has three options. They can:
  • Have the ball 1st and 10 at the spot where the ball went out of bounds (in this case, R's 12 yard line)
  • Have the ball 1st and 10 at a spot 25 yards downfield from the free-kick line (the kick was from the 30, so in this case that would be R's 5 yard line); or
  • Enforce a 5-yard penalty from the previous spot and rekick (now from R's 35 yard line).
Just so. Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't have time to explain.

Usually the choice is obvious: in this case, I'd give the coach his options and let him choose. Probably won't pick option 2, but he might go with either of the other options.
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