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rbmartin Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:54pm

Silly hypothetical question re: facemasking
 
Is I was watching Bears vs. Giants, an on field occurance made me wonder about somthing.
If an offensive lineman is impeding the defensive end by holding him by grasping the facemask , is the penalty holding , facemasking, or both?
If answer is both, does the defensive team have the option of accepting only the personal foul/facemacking penalty and declining the holding penalty?

JugglingReferee Mon Nov 13, 2006 02:39am

Canadian Philosophy
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rbmartin
Is I was watching Bears vs. Giants, an on field occurance made me wonder about somthing.
If an offensive lineman is impeding the defensive end by holding him by grasping the facemask , is the penalty holding , facemasking, or both?
If answer is both, does the defensive team have the option of accepting only the personal foul/facemacking penalty and declining the holding penalty?

The facemask penalty does not meet the definition of a hold, so there is no problem! Flag for facemask. 15 yards. No 5-yarder in Canada.

ref18 Mon Nov 13, 2006 03:39pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
The facemask penalty does not meet the definition of a hold, so there is no problem! Flag for facemask. 15 yards. No 5-yarder in Canada.

If the facemask is that impacting on the player, than the offender deserves to be ejected for rough play as that's a serious safety hazard.

Canadian rules: 25 yards, which can be applied from either PLS/PBH or PBD.

JugglingReferee Mon Nov 13, 2006 07:07pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by ref18
If the facemask is that impacting on the player, than the offender deserves to be ejected for rough play as that's a serious safety hazard.

Canadian rules: 25 yards, which can be applied from either PLS/PBH or PBD.

Or...? :D


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