How Do You Penalize Chipping by the Offense?

[ajmc]

First, my focus is on High School Football, although I have no problem with the CCA advice that "When in doubt" lean towards a dead ball foul, key word being doubt.

Obviously the best solution is to be certain whether the ball was live, or dead, and respond accordingly. Perhaps it's just the phrasing, but, "any way you could see it as occurring after the ball became dead" sounds like making an apple an orange, and that doesn't benefit anybody.

In 99 out of 100 instances, observing a live ball foul, against the offense negating a score, will have a more serious impact that either half the distance on the try, or 15 yards on the ensuing KO.