Dead ball fouls

[ajmc]

This is where common sense and a sense of fairness need to override verbiage. The issue is primarily relevant when the action involves the ball being inside someone's 30 yard line.

When there are two distinct, separate DBFs, assessing the sequence may be appropriate. However, when there are separate actions as part of the same incident and penalized together as an offset, it's purely a judgment call if you believe the actions are connected, or if they are serious enough to be considered separate and should be penalized in sequence.

Understand, if you're inside the 30 YL and penalize in sequence one team may be getting a totally unearned advantage, or disadvantage.

I would suggest, even when the result of application of the penalties produces an offset, each penalty be individually signaled and walked off, bringing you back to the starting point to emphasize that each penalty has been applied and counts for something.

[grantsrc]

From a PR standpoint, 2 flags would communicate to all that you indeed have two fouls as opposed to one flag and one foul. Just a thought.