Help: Confusion on PI Ruling

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Originally posted by chiefgil
The options for Team B:

Decline the penalty - TD for Team A

Accept the penalty - Team A gets one untimed down following a 5 yard penalty.

There is no ineligible player downfield since there was not a legal forward pass.

Try explaining that to the coaches.

chiefgil, remember the new rule in 05 is that accepting the penalty will no longer result in an untimed down. The rule from the NF website is as follows; Rule 3-3-4 – A period shall not be extended when a foul occurs that specifies a loss of down. This will prevent a team from gaining an advantage by committing a “loss of down” foul.