NAFOA POTD for Dec 10, 2007

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Warrenkicker

A and B can't both decline penalties in this play.

What is the rationale behind restricting who can decline and who can't?

Once B declines A's penalty B is allowed to keep the ball.

Agreed; this makes the most sense.

A, by rule, is forced to accept B's penalty and it will be enforced from the spot of the foul. B gets an untimed down at A-25.

This not does make sense to me.

Since time ran out during the play, and A is winning, B is gaining a huge advantage here. If B2 sees that B1 will not reach the goal line, he can "purposely" clip someone to have one more play - a chance to win. A stopped B short of the goal line despite B's illegal actions. A should be allowed to decline B's clip and end the game.

If B doesn't decline the penalty by A then we have offsetting fouls and the down is replayed.

This makes sense.