batting

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by whitehat

I'm with Jaybird, illiegal kicking.

OK while typing I see we have more info added....the kick went out of bound at LOS.

all but one enforcement would be a 15 yard penalty from spot of illegal kick (basic spot is previous spot since loose ball play)
Illegal kicking does not carry loss of down. Since ball went out of bounds, B would have choice of enforcing 15 yard penalty and have A replay 4th down, or decline and take ball at spot it went out of bounds.

A word of caution. On 4th down, when the kicked ball went OOB short of the line to gain, the result of the play would be R taking over where the ball went OOB because K failed to make the LTG and lost the ball on downs (NOT because it was a kick OOB).

Because a kicked loose ball is treated as a fumble, should the OOB spot be beyond the LTG, taking the results of the play (a fumbled ball OOB belongs to the team last in possession at the OOB spot) would give the ball to K, with a 1st and 10.