Thread: OPI on 4th Down
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Old Sun Sep 09, 2012, 09:53am
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
All LOD means is the loss of the opportunity to repeat the same down after the penalty. So if it is 4th down and the line to gain is not achieved, then you give the ball to the defense/receiving team.

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This is an excellent way of thinking about what LOD is.

When I train officials with a similar phrase, it helps make it clearer what the next down is for those certain fouls that carry the "LOD".
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