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Ok Smiley, I see your point about the ENZ, but I believe that this is in reference to touching and not to PSK enforcement. So, a high scrimmage kick that comes down in what used to the ENZ would have the same consequences, if touched by R or K, as it would if it comes down some distance beyond the ENZ.
Theisey: I completly agree with your assesment that you ("us") guys have been making a mountain out of a mole hill on this PSK rule. Yes, the NF was not very explicit about its definition (what else is new), but the concept, to me, is the same as the NCAA. Yes, the NF did not define a scrimmage kick play and the rule, technically, seems to indicate that PSK is for fouls occur "during a scrimmage kick", I do not believe that that was the intent of the Federation. A scrimmage kick that goes beyond the NZ (other than a kick try) where R commits a foul beyond the ENZ (it did exist at one point) before the kick ends and retains possession of the ball at the end of the down is PSK enforcement. Remember this is not so much a new rule but a change in enforcement spots for certain loose ball fouls.
IMHO, state associations that interpret this rule literally are doing a great disservice to the game.
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