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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
Does "distance penalties" mean the distance portion of a penalty enforcement, as I think they meant? Then the illegal forward pass from the end zone would still result in a safety, because 0 distance from the spot still leaves the spot behind their goal line.
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Per Rogers Redding, it is declined by rule, no score. With exception to illegal touching and intentional grounding, all other penalties are "distance penalties" regardless of where they occur. As written currently, it is declined by rule. We may see a rule change coming this year to cover this play because it has created a lot of discussion. As mentioned in my other post I sent him this play as a "what if " question. It was a once in a blue moon situation. But now that he has seen that this situation is possible I think they would give it another look and prevent Team B from being able to foul in the end zone to prevent a safety. But currently, the penalty is declined by rule according to Redding.