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Illegal Kick
Punter on his 10 Yardline. Fumbles the snap and recovers the ball. Attempts to kick the ball back towards his end-zone to keep from getting sacked. A: Ball goes in end-zone and recovered by R. B: Ball goes through end-zone and out of the back. What U got?
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I'm assuming "attempts to kick" means "kicked" (because 'attempting to kick' a ball is meaningless... he either kicked it or he didn't).
A) Touchdown for Team B. B) Result of the play is a safety. Team B can either decline the penalty and accept the safety or accept the penalty |
How would B get 1st & goal by accepting the penalty? Illegal kicking is not a loss of down foul.
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Allow me to rephrase situation B in my previous post: B) Result of the play is a safety. Team B can either decline the penalty and accept the safety or accept the penalty and replay the down from wherever the half-the-distance penalty leaves the ball. If the illegal kick occurred in the end zone, the result is a safety either way. Of course, now the OP has been edited to say "Fumbles the snap and recovers the ball" rather than "Fumbles the snap and attempts to kick the ball"... so with that in mind: Once the punter has recovered the ball, they may punk or drop kick it in any direction they wish. You just don't normally see a player punt the ball towards their own end line because there's absolutely no reason or benefit to doing so. Officiate the result the same way you would any other scrimmage kick play. |
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However, as described, it MAY NOT be a foul. There's no prohibition that I'm aware of for a punter to turn back to his goal line and punt. The foul for illegally kicking a ball would assume that the kick is made with a loose ball, which is prohibited. Keep in mind that the NCAA still keeps the archaic difference between an illegal kick (return kick, kick by Team A beyond LOS) and illegally kicking ball (all other forms of kicks that aren't legal). The rule needs to be rewritten and updated, though it doesn't necessarily need to change what's happening now. It is silly and illogical to suggest there is an actual difference between something called an "illegal kick" and something else called "illegally kicking ball." |
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