Safety or Penalty

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by ajmc

Under the NFHS code, NF:7-5-1 designates the "spot of the pass" as the position of both feet "when the ball is released".

But that's not the way the spot of the pass is determined. It's the criterion only for determining whether a legal or illegal forward pass has been made. 7-5-1 doesn't define spots.

For an illegal forward pass, the spot is going to be determined by 2-41-9b., "Where the runner loses possession if his run is followed by a loose ball"; also 10-3-3b, same exact wording.