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[rdodom]

I hate to disagree with all the above but this could, I repeat "could", be considered a live ball foul. The way I see it, I do consider this action as a continuation! And "continuation" may not be mentioned much in the rule book, but it is considered in NFHS rules.

The official seeing the play has to make the call!

If someone is tackled near the sideline and slams the runner down in an unacceptable way, it could be considered a personal foul and could be treated as a live ball foul. Especially if it was part of the tackle! It doesn't make it "a dead ball foul", just because it happened out of bounds. If the same play had happened in bounds, would it have been called a live ball personal foul? To make it a dead ball foul, it has to happen as the name implies, during a DEAD BALL. In other words, after the play was over! If the runner was tackled and the play was over and then hit late, that is a dead ball foul. I don't care if it happens in bounds or out of bounds!

Now if the covering official thought that the tackler picked the runner up, as some do in a front-on tackles, and actually carried the runner out of bounds and then slammed the runner down, that may be considered a dead ball foul. Again, if it is considered a dead ball foul in bounds, then it will be condidered a dead ball foul if it happens out of bounds.

Confusing huh!!!