Illegal Forward Pass?

JugglingReferee · #1 (**permalink**) Fri May 11, 2007, 01:38pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by ljudge

A's ball 4th and 10 on A45. The punter runs past the LOS to the A48 then circles back behind, punts the ball which goes beyond the LOS when a strong wind blows it back, he then catches his own punt at the A40, then throws a forward from the A38 which is caught at B's 45 and advanced for a TD.

I have a legal TD!

This is a touchdown in Canada!

Mark Dexter · #2 (**permalink**) Fri May 11, 2007, 05:31pm

Maybe if you pasted in the rulebook section regarding "illegal forward passes," he might be able to read it.

Other than that, not much you can do. It's a "rules discussion" I've gotten into before - seems to me that it's a myth from somewhere, since no one believes the correct interpretation.

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