Extra Point Question

[Robert Goodman]

Think about it this way: The first time, did the captain have to inform an official, "We're going for 2."? It's not an official choice, like that of choosing a free kick rather than scrimmage from a fair catch. The play just proceeds to whatever its result is; you don't need permission to seek a particular type of score.

Robert

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

... you don't need permission to seek a particular type of score.

Hmmm......

What about a Federation free kick? After a valid fair catch, isn't R permitted to kick off of a tee for 3 points? Certainly they would have to tell the R that this is their intent....

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Hmmm......

What about a Federation free kick? After a valid fair catch, isn't R permitted to kick off of a tee for 3 points? Certainly they would have to tell the R that this is their intent....

Telling the R your intent is not the same as seeking permission.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by GarthB

Telling the R your intent is not the same as seeking permission.

Duh me.... good point.

[Reffing Rev.]

It is also true is it not that under fed rules after a fair catch and there is a penalty on the next play the option to free kick is repeated.

The score is team A-7 team B-10 Team A fair catches a punt at the 50 with 3 seconds left in the game. They throw the deep pass which is incomplete but B is called for interference. A's ball at B35 for an untimed down, and team A can elect to free kick for 3. I can't find my case book right now but I am pretty sure I read that in a case play any comments.

[Bob M.]

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

It is also true is it not that under fed rules after a fair catch and there is a penalty on the next play the option to free kick is repeated.

The score is team A-7 team B-10 Team A fair catches a punt at the 50 with 3 seconds left in the game. They throw the deep pass which is incomplete but B is called for interference. A's ball at B35 for an untimed down, and team A can elect to free kick for 3. I can't find my case book right now but I am pretty sure I read that in a case play any comments.

REPLY: You are 100% correct. Rule 6-5-4 covers it. Sorry...I don't have my case book with me today, but I know that this is the case.

[waltjp]

FED Case Book

6.5.4 Situation: R1 signals for a fair catch beyond the neutral zone on K’s 40. K2 interferes with R1’s opportunity to make the catch. R chooses an awarded catch and to put the ball in play with a snap. During the down: (a) A1 gains 15 yards and the coach of B is charged with an unsportsmanlike foul; or (b) B2 commits pass interference; or (c) an inadvertent whistle sounds during A1’s forward pass.

Ruling: In (a), the unsportsmanlike foul during the down does not give A another choice to snap or free kick. However in (b), A may snap or free kick following penalty enforcement. In (c), the down is replayed and A has the option to snap or free kick. (10-4-4a)

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Think about it this way: The first time, did the captain have to inform an official, "We're going for 2."?

Although the major rules codes have never operated that way, some minor leagues have had rules like that. In the 1980s at least, there were some leagues where I was told the rule was that team A could snap from the B2 for a 1 point try, or from the B3 for a 2 point try. Considering the threat of the fake to be worth more than the yard, I'd've thought they'd snap from the 3 all the time if it maintained the option of 2 points (so the defense couldn't rush all out without taking a chance), but they didn't in the leagues where I saw that, so I inferred the rule was that they could score only 1 point if they snapped from the 2, and only via a touchdown or safety if they snapped from the 3. No word on which score would be allowed if a try initially from the B2 were to have its spot moved to or beyond the B3 via penalty, but it's possible the initial poster's supposition would've been correct as applied to, say, the Mid-East Football Conference.

Why did those leagues have such a funny rule? I think it's because at that time the only major USAn codes in which the 2 point conversion was allowed had the spot as the 3 yard line, while the NFL, which allowed only a 1 point try, had the spot as the B2 (or any spot farther back that team A chose).

Robert