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Originally posted by kdf5
Our crew had almost the identical play a few weeks ago. A was in punt formation and the punter bobbled the snap in the EZ, the punter took off running, B grabs him, spins him around and he heaves the ball downfield before falling over.
We had intentional grounding and ineligible receiver's, a multiple foul. I gave them the choice of ineligibles, which was 5 yards and replay 4th, intentional grounding for a safety or declining both and their ball 1st and 10 at A's 8. B took the safety.
In light of this post were these the correct choices?
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REPLY: I believe that the
only foul in your scenario is an illegal forward pass which will result in a safety whether or not B accepts the penalty (I'm assuming he threw the ball from his endzone.) You cannot have any ineligibles downfield since eligibility rules only apply to
legal forward passes. (See
NF 7-5-6:
"Pass eligibility rules apply only to a legal forward pass.")
Mon Oct 11, 2004, 08:50am
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