scrimmage kick play

[Robert Goodman]

I could make the situation even funnier for a Fed ruling. Say in batting the opponent's backward pass to prevent it from landing out of bounds, the player bats it toward the batting player's own goal line, but on hitting the field of play it takes a funny hop and bounces into the original passing team's end zone. Clearly the ball would not have gone into the end zone absent the opponent's bat, but the force the opponent imparted to the ball was away from that end zone rather than towards it.

Robert in the Bronx

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

I could make the situation even funnier for a Fed ruling. Say in batting the opponent's backward pass to prevent it from landing out of bounds, the player bats it toward the batting player's own goal line, but on hitting the field of play it takes a funny hop and bounces into the original passing team's end zone. Clearly the ball would not have gone into the end zone absent the opponent's bat, but the force the opponent imparted to the ball was away from that end zone rather than towards it.

Robert in the Bronx

Robert, it does't matter A new force cannot be imparted on a backward pass that is still airborne.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Robert, it does't matter A new force cannot be imparted on a backward pass that is still airborne.

Yes, but by "in the air" I didn't mean the ball hadn't been previously grounded, just that it was not dead by virtue of rolling over the sideline. Think high bounce. Or even not so high.

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

I could make the situation even funnier for a Fed ruling. Say in batting the opponent's backward pass to prevent it from landing out of bounds, the player bats it toward the batting player's own goal line, but on hitting the field of play it takes a funny hop and bounces into the original passing team's end zone. Clearly the ball would not have gone into the end zone absent the opponent's bat, but the force the opponent imparted to the ball was away from that end zone rather than towards it.

Robert in the Bronx

Both teams could play a volleyball match with the pass but until it hits the ground it would still be the original pass' force that put the ball in the EZ. The only funny part would be the look on the A coach's face when you tell him by rule he's SOL and it's time to get his kicking team out.