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Does anyone know the details of the 2006 NF change about illegal touching now being consistently applied all over the field?
Have they changed the ineligible tight end who does go downfield and catches a pass to be illegal touching rather than offensive pass interference? |
From: http://www.nfhs.org
7-5-10, 13: The act of illegally touching the ball by an ineligible player carries the same penalty whether the act occurs behind, in or beyond the line of scrimmage. |
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REPLY: I understand the principle, but...what if the illegal touching by an ineligible occurs twenty yards downfield? The stated enforcement spot for illegal touching is the spot of the foul (see Table 7-5). You can't allow A to gain 15 yards by fouling! They're going to need to change enforcement to standard all-but-one methodology.
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Bob
If the illegal touching happened beyond the LOS we would have a Ineligible down field foul. So A would not gain any yardage after the penalty is enforced. |
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Let me put another spin on this. Say it's A's ball on their own 2. A covered player goes downfield and catches the forward pass, and no other eligible player is in the area. Now I guess we can have a 3rd foul on the offense for an illegal forward pass which could then be a safety.
Agree? Basically, where ever the QB is the foul can be enforced from that spot (where his run ends) so it would be more severe than previous spot. [Edited by ljudge on Mar 7th, 2006 at 12:33 PM] |
I think since touching of the ball precedes possession, The foul is during a loose ball play, therefore penalized from the previous spot.
CBrockett Thats all I got to say about that. |
If it's ruled an illegal forward pass (throwing into an area unoccupied by an eligible receiver) it's a running play, not loose-ball play.
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