batting

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

IIRC you can make a fair catch of an illegal kick

No you can't. You can only fair catch a scrimmage or free kick, both of which are defined as legal kicks. The rule book makes no distinction between either. In fact, the rule book only defines an illegal kick.

The illegally kicked ball doesn't become dead on entering the opposing end zone.

It does if it was originally a legal kick. A legal kick doesn't lose it's status as a kick by being illegally kicked.