Is it a safety if B declines penalty?

[Indy_Stu]

T or F

Q - If A1 is in his own end zone when he intentionally grounds a forward pass, it is a safety even if B declines the penalty.

I say B has the right to decline (hold those replies, I know that this will seldom if ever happen) and it is not automatically a safety, therefore F.

My association says 8-5-2c makes this one T. If intentional grounding is called and accepted, enforcement is from the end of the run. I agree this would be a safety in the situation above. If I.G. is called, but B declines, it seems to follow that all you have is an incomplete (forward) pass, not an illegal forward pass, so 8-5-2c does not apply. In this case the ball would go back to the L.O.S. for whatever down would come next.

Final thought in my own defense. Same situation as above, but lets say (unlikely, but hey . . .) it is 4th & 10 from A5; A leading B by 3 points; pass is whistled incomplete with 2 seconds remaining in the game. Can B decline penalty to go for tie/win?