Clarify the Spot of Enforcement

[Ed Hickland]

Originally Posted by golfdesigner

Good morning all,
Watched this one last night with a Varsity crew.
NFHS Rules.
LOS is A 30-yd line A 2nd down 7 to go;
A10 takes snap and rolls out;
A79 is flagged for hold behind LOS, about 4-yds behind LOS during A10's roll out;
A10 throws legal forward pass to A88 (complete);
A88 runs for about 10-yds after catching pass to B 30-yd line;

Crew marched off 10-yd penalty from PS and replayed the down 2nd and 17-yds to go.

We discussed basic spot, since the roll out preceeded the pass, the run was part of a loose ball play, the basic spot would be the previous spot.

The foul would not be assessed from the spot of the foul to make it 2nd and 21-yds to go.

Anybody want to weigh in on this one?

You are saying the hold was at about A's 26?

This is the one in the all-but-one. The basic spot is the 30. The spot of the foul is the 26. Ten yards back to the 16 and replay the down. Second and 21.

Any foul by the team in possession behind the basic spot is enforced from the spot of the foul, in this case A's 26.