Fair catch question

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Originally Posted by bossman72

Now that i think about it more, i don't think i've ever seen the poison signal given, then have the ball caught in the air. The ball has always been bouncing come to think of it. So, that's why there's no "violation".

What Grant is saying is that an invalid fair catch signal is not a penalty in NCAA like it is in High School.

Reading the original post by jt and then MJT's response in which he included Redding's quote, if you weren't going to flag for invalid fair catch, would you have unsportsmanlike conduct? I'm thinking along the line that the signal would have caused the punt team to freeze and not play the ball, therefore being "suckered" by the returner.