forward latteral

[yankeesfan]

team B intercepts a pass and then throws(pitches) the ball forward to a teamate who drops the ball and team A recovers. what should be done on this play? penalty and enforcement please.

[BktBallRef]

It's an illegal forward pass. The pass is incomplete and the play is dead. A 5 yard penatly is assessed against B at the spot of the foul. 1st and 10 for B.

[Bob M.]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

It's an illegal forward pass. The pass is incomplete and the play is dead. A 5 yard penatly is assessed against B at the spot of the foul. 1st and 10 for B.

REPLY: Note that the loss of down that's normally assessed for an illegal forward pass is waived since it will be a new series (first down) for B. All series must begin with a 1st down.

[JugglingReferee]

This is where I believe the Canadian Ruling is better.

Team B is guilty of an offside pass.

It is A's ball.

[bluezebra]

Despite what the Boobs in the Booth say, there is no such thing as a lateral pass. Lateral means sideways, and the rule book recognizes FORWARD and BACKWARD PASSES, only.

By the way, forward lateral is a contradiction of terms. You're making the mistake (no doubt influenced by the announcers) that an underhand pass is a "lateral" pass.

Bob

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

This is where I believe the Canadian Ruling is better.

Team B is guilty of an offside pass.

It is A's ball.

Team B intercepts the ball.

Team B then makes a illegall forward pass.

The penalty is Team B loses the ball.

How the hell is that better? You penalize a team by taking the ball from them?

Under NFHS, NCAA, and NFL rules, no foul has a penalty that includes losing possession.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Team B intercepts the ball.

Team B then makes a illegall forward pass.

The penalty is Team B loses the ball.

How the hell is that better? You penalize a team by taking the ball from them?

Under NFHS, NCAA, and NFL rules, no foul has a penalty that includes losing possession.

I think (and I'm GUESSING here, so don't shoot me!) that the reason Juggling thinks this is better is that he's envisioning an attempt to pitch to a teammate, which is (too all non-referee eyes) "fumbled" and recovered by A. Which is why he sees the penalty as more fair - Team A "recovered a fumble" to most onlookers, and I've been Johnny on the spot more than once when ruling such a play an illegal forward pass, thus denying A the apparent fumble recovery. Recovering team is NEVER happy.

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

This is where I believe the Canadian Ruling is better.

Team B is guilty of an offside pass.

It is A's ball.

This is why nobody cares about Canadian football since Warren Moon and Doug Flutie no longer make your game worth watching!