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verticalStripes · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 10, 2006, 05:01pm

Fed Rules:

1st and 17 on A's 30 yardline. B is guilty of DPI. Step off 15 yards from the previous spot. Is it 1st and 2 or do the sticks move and make it first and 10?

JRutledge · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 10, 2006, 05:11pm

DPI in FED rules is an automatic first down and a 15 yard penalty if you do not go more than half the distance to the goal. In your situation it would be first and 10, not first and 2.

Peace

verticalStripes · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 10, 2006, 06:59pm

It seemed strange on the field. It made me think that A would have been better off with a 15 yard penalty that did not result in automatic first down because it was already first down.

cougar729 · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 12, 2006, 04:27am

It may seem silly, but since it was 1st and 17, team A could accept the automatic 1st down and then refuse the yardage.