Question About Declining A Penalty

[GPC2]

Originally Posted by TXMike

And NCAA rules permit the team on offense the option of having the ball placed anywhere behind the 3 yard line if they choose it before the ready for play whistle. So if they wanted to adjust the angel even more or give their receivers more room to work, they could snap from any yard line behind the 3

Are you saying that A could choose to play the Try from the 10-yard line if they wanted to?

[ajmc]

Don't know about NCAA, but under the NFHS code, (NF: 8.3.1) "After a TD, the scoring team shall attempt a try during which the ball is snapped from a spot designated by A anywhere between the inbounds lines on B's 3 yard line unless moved by penalty.

[jjrye22]

NCAA:
8-3-2-c The snap will be midway between the inbounds lines on the opponent’s three-yard line or from any other point on or between the inbounds lines on or behind the opponent’s three-yard line if the position of the ball is selected by the team designated to put the ball in play before the ready-for-play signal

They can put it anywhere they want (if they ask the umpire nicely!)