Illegal Forward Pass and Roughing the Passer

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

A12 is chased from the pocket, and as he approaches the line of scrimmage, he sees an open receiver. He steps beyond the line of scrimmage, throws a completed pass, and is then hit late after releasing the ball.

Is it possible to have Roughing the passer on this play?

CANADIAN RULING:

The philosophy in Cdn amatuer with the passer approaching the LS is that if it is reasonable to believe that the passer thought he was still behind the LD, then penalize for an illegal forward pass. It if is such that it is obvious that the passer was past the LS, and he should have known this fact, rule as an offside pass subject to penalty.

From the wording in the OP, it seems as though the passer was only slightly past the LS, therefore we rule as an illegal forward pass. The late hit is roughing the passer. There is no importance to something called "the pocket" in Cdn ball.

Result: up 5 yards from PLS, AFD.