difference in penalties

[yankeesfan]

Originally Posted by APG

Need to state what rule set you're looking for answers from

That's true. I assumed it was nfhs but could be wrong.


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[refinks]

Yes, sorry, NFHS

[ajmc]

"Off-Sides" and "Encroachment are essentially the same activity, the difference is in the status of each as established in the governing rules code.

In the NFHS (High School) code "Encroachment" can be committed by either the defense, or offense (lining up in the Neutral Zone) and is a DEAD BALL foul, meaning play immediately stops, and the 5 yard penalty is enforced.

"Off-sides" is the terminology used in other codes (NCAA,NFL) and is a LIVE BALL foul, meaning play continues, the down is completed and the penalty is enforced at the completion of the down, considering what may have happened during the down.

[Welpe]

In NFHS there is no foul for offside (note that it is not offsides, sorry a pedantic peeve of mine), the foul is encroachment.

[HLin NC]

Also, you can have a false start and nobody jump into the neutral zone, which would be encroachment.

In NFHS, on the defense, encroachment can transpire when a defender jumps into the neutral zone or lines up in it incorrectly. On offense, they line up in it incorrectly as a false start would occur before they could jump in.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

Also, you can have a false start and nobody jump into the neutral zone, which would be encroachment.

In NFHS, on the defense, encroachment can transpire when a defender jumps into the neutral zone or lines up in it incorrectly. On offense, they line up in it incorrectly as a false start would occur before they could jump in.

If the offense lines up incorrectly, as in across the neutral zone, its an encroachment penalty, not a false start. Isn't it?

[Canned Heat]

Originally Posted by OKREF

If the offense lines up incorrectly, as in across the neutral zone, its an encroachment penalty, not a false start. Isn't it?

Yes.

7.1.6 SITUATION A: When A comes to the line of scrimmage, the linemen assume their final positions such that one interior lineman has his head penetrating the neutral zone while the other linemen are all penetrating the vertical plane of the snapper’s waistline.

RULING: It is encroachment for a player to have any part of his body penetrating the plane of the neutral zone after the ready and the snapper has placed his hand(s) on the ball. This is a dead-ball foul and the ball will not be permitted to become live.
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