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My friends and I are going round and round on if a delay of game can be declined or not. Although it is a dead ball foul I believe that it can be declined. Situation: You are at the 40 yard line which is just out of your place kickers reach but not far enough back to really get a good placed punt. So you run out the play clock to get the five extra yards for your punter. I really believe that the defense can decline this so as the punter won't have a better angle and the five additional yards to place the ball inside the 20. Am i correct or not?
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Under NF rules (which cover high school football everywhere except Texas) the foul for any distance penalty can be declined (10-1-1). So in short, yes, the defense can decline the delay penalty and "refuse" to back the kicking team up.
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Same in Texas under NCAA - you can decline the distance markoff on ANY foul. I've seen the intentional delay of game to help the punter declined once or twice on Sundays. Never in person though.
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Any penalty may be declined
Even the distance portion of an Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty may be declined (under NF rules). A team that continually lets the clock run out can potentially forfeit a game- but the offended team can decline the yardage even for a UC penalty.
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Re: Any penalty may be declined
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Fortunately, the kickers in my games aren't good enough to worry about this... |
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