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Originally Posted by Welpe
From a philosophy standpoint you may want to consider whether the bat towards the team's own endzone is really enough to warrant a call or not. On a scrimmage kick if the ball is certainly going into the endzone without the bat it may not be worth flagging this. That's a big foul for no advantage gained.
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I don't see that there is no advantage gained.
Since a kick entering the end zone is always a touchback, I see it as an 18 yard advantage for the receivers if you
don't make the call. The ball goes out to the 20 yd line, guaranteed, and the receiver doesn't have to pick it up and run, get hit, risk a fumble, or risk the chance that the kicking team recovers it (free kick) or downs it (scrimmage kick) before it enters the end zone.
Footballs tend to take funny bounces. There is never a certainty that the ball will go into the end zone until it gets there. Batting it to help it along is not harmless.
I'd flag it ...