difference in penalties

[Rich]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan

Encroachment is on the defense. Either lined up off sides or jump off sides. A false start is on the offense when they jump off side. U can have encroachment on the offense if they line up off sides.

There is no such thing as offside in NFHS rules. Period.

The foul is either encroachment.....on either team......of a false start on the offense. They're all dead ball fouls and they're all 5 yards.

[Robert Goodman]

The only major USAn rules set I know in which "offside" & "encroachment" would be announced differentially is the pros, in which "encroachment" would be the call if a player never gets onside from the time the ball's RFP to when it's put in play, or an offside player makes incidental contact w an opponent, while "offside" would apply to all other cases where the player is offside at the time the ball's put in play.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

The only major USAn rules set I know in which "offside" & "encroachment" would be announced differentially is the pros

NCAA has both also. Encroachment is a foul on the offense. Offside is a foul on the defense.