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You should have nothing but a warning for the offending player, since you need to see if the mouthpiece was hanging loose or in his mouth at the snap. If it was in and came out during the play there is no foul.
If you see the thing hanging loose you should warn the player to put it in his mouth before the snap to prevent a foul. Officials should try very hard to handle this situation using preventive officiating, this foul call should be discouraged. I'm not saying ignore it. If you throw a flag before the snap, you've got delay of game. After the snap you've got failure to wear required equipment during a down. Handle it before the snap and you avoid a foul, or limit the penalty to 5 yards. After the snap it's a 15 yarder.
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Appreciate the course in preventative officiating, BUT can I get the original question answered?
Apparently the mouthpiece hadn't been seen swinging prior to the snap (freshman game w/3 man crew 1 no show) thus the foul after the snap but before the fumble recovery by Team B. |
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REPLY: Just to review...failure to have the proper equipment, e.g. not having a mouthpiece, or wearing illegal equipment is a 15-yard penalty. Having the proper equipment but not wearing it properly during the down is a 5-yard penalty from the succeeding spot.
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1.5.6 Failure to wear required equipment during a down is 15 yd . Failure to properly wear equpment when ball is about to come alive is 5 yds. If you want the answer to your question, no they do not have to decline the penalty to keep the ball as this is a USC foul, succeding spot enforcement.
How can you call failure to wear equipment if you don't know when it came out, during the down. If it is out before the down starts you should then whistle if you are going to call this not after play starts. Last edited by andy1033; Mon Sep 24, 2007 at 10:54am. |
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But if you insist on enforcing this, it's B's ball after a decline, unless of course they don't want the ball. Last edited by Mike L; Fri Sep 21, 2007 at 05:29pm. |
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First off, why does Team A have a linesman?
I'm with the officials, not Team A
I believe the case book says that IF you see a player intentionally not using required equipment during the down-such as spitting out his mouthpiece or unbuckling his chinstrap it is a foul. If you do NOT see the act, then you are to assume the dis-use (?) resulted from game action and is not a foul. If you catch it during the dead ball period, you should try to get the player to correct it and if not, flag and kill it for Failing to Wear required Equipment, which is considered delay of the game, I believe. |
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Just a simple question here. Does B have to decline this penalty to keep the ball? If this was a standard previous spot enforcement then yes they do. For most, if not all other succeeding spot enforcements they don't. Why would this one be any different?
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