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For those you you with the 2003 Rule and Case Book, tell me your understanding of when possession changes on a post-scrimmage kick.
Consider:
Fundamental I-3 now reads "A loose ball is in possession of the team whose player was last in possession unless post-scrimmage kick applies."
Fundamental I-7 now reads "After a distance penalty, the ball belongs to the team which was in possession at the time of the foul according to applicable rules. Team possession may then change if a new series is awarded.
Sounds like on a PSK possession changes maybe when it crosses the expanded neutral zone.
But, if you read Case Book Part I, Situation 4: Fourth and 5 for K from R's 49-yard line, where he is downed. During the return, R3 holds K7 at R's 30-yard line. RULING: Following enforcement of R's holding penalty, it would be R's ball, first and 10 from R's 20-yard line. This is not a post-scrimmage kick enforcement, but a post-possession foul.
But then if possession changes when the kick crosses the expanded neutral zone ALL fouls would be post-possession on a PSK situation.
Am I reading all this correctly?
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