Down after penalty enforcement

[Rich]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

You can't find it anywhere because it isn't anywhere, because that isn't the rule.

"some officials" are wrong. And, in your situation, assessing the "full penalty yardage" would put the ball 5 yards into the end zone, so would "some officials" call a touchdown in that case?




On another note, keep in mind that in FED, any foul that occurs during a touchdown-scoring play can be assessed on the try or subsequent kickoff. So if Team A scored a touchdown, they could get half-the-distance on the try, or 15 yards on the kickoff. If during an extra period, the penalty would have to be assessed on the try, as there is no subsequent kickoff.

I would hope that if there was a TD that our officials would be slow enough on the flag to not have DPI in the first place.

[Suudy]

Originally Posted by Rich

I would hope that if there was a TD that our officials would be slow enough on the flag to not have DPI in the first place.

What about in this case:


I think if DPI is there, you call it. If the receiver makes the catch, good on him. But that doesn't get B out of a DPI.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Rich

I would hope that if there was a TD that our officials would be slow enough on the flag to not have DPI in the first place.

On a slight-contact-before-the-ball-arrives type DPI, sure, but it's not terribly hard to imagine a scenario where you'd look bad for not throwing on a DPI foul even if the ball was caught for a touchdown.

A real example that happened to me in a JV game several years ago: A80 jumps to catch a pass over his head in the end zone, but B18 interferes with A80 such that he can only get one arm up above his head. A80 then tips the ball with the hand he was able to get over his head, and the pass is subsequently caught by A84.

Also, if you don't call an obvious DPI on a touchdown-scoring play and Team A is called for a foul during the play (holding, illegal formation, whatever), now you've gone from offsetting fouls to penalizing Team A because you didn't throw a flag "because they scored anyway"