Offside on kick-off, NFL/NAFL rules

[Jim D]

6-5-b For kicking team offsides; Loss of 5 yards from the previous spot or the succeeding spot.

I guess R gets to chose the enforcement spot????

[wwcfoa43]

Is 6-5-b an NFL rule reference?

For NAFL (2006) 6-1-5-b only mentions the previous spot.

[Jim D]

Yes that is from the 2007 NFL rulebook. The NAFL rulebook seems to be pretty much a cut and paste version of the rulebook, but of course no one sits down and compares each line. I do find it odd that the NFL says either spot is the enforcement spot.

[Jim D]

It's that way in the 2008 NAFL rules. Send me your email and I'll send you a copy. It's on page 38.

[wwcfoa43]

Okay I checked in the 2007 NAFL rule book (which I just managed to find) and it does indeed now list both options for offside on the kicking team.

I didn't see this in the list of 2007 NFL rule changes so the NAFL must have corrected this difference.

[JugglingReferee]

This rule was new to the NFL back in '06, IIRC.