Spotting the ball after 4th down

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Thu Oct 13, 2016, 02:09pm

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Originally Posted by jTheUmp

In that case, move the ball forward a few inches so that it's entirely out of the end zone when spotted.

The same case play also exists in NCAA.

Think they'll ever formalize this longstanding practice in the rules? Like, if the ball's less than its length from the GL, spot according to its closest point to the GL instead of its foremost?

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