DPI 2X

[grantsrc]

Are you asking if B21 committed an intentional DPI, after he has already committed a separate USC on a different play, would he be ejected?

The only thing I am seeing in Federation rules referring to disqualification is for non-contact unsportsmanlike fouls, rule 9-5. As for intentional PI, the only place that is addressed is in 7-5 Pen and table 7-5. The 2004 rule book doesn't say that IPI is considered unsportsmanlike conduct, but it does say that you give the signal for USC. It also says that if a player commits IPI, "his team shall be penalized an additional 15 yards." So would that mean that the coach would bear the responsibility for said USC? Or would the offending player be responsible? Would IPI be lumped with the other noncontact USC penalties, even thought contact was involved?

I am not sure how this would be interpreted. Excellent question though. I may withhold my ruling to see what some of the others feel. A cop-out I know, but want to see if I am thinking along the same lines as others.