Penalty enforcement

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by chymechowder

that's a good question. never thought of that. so youre saying:

during a 30 yd TD pass, team A holds. and the receiver, after crossing the goal line spikes the ball.

strictly speaking, you back them up 10, then back them up an additional 15 for the dead ball USC, and replay the down.

but in a high school game, I think some crews might "quietly pick up" the USC flag here and just enforce the hold.

while technically not the correct thing, the thinking being that nullifying the TD and assessing 10 yards is enough of a penalty. (note: if it was a dead ball personal foul on team A, then yeah, we're walking off 25).

I don't understand the logic of quietly picking up the flag. Suppose the player turned around, saw an official signaling holding to the ref, and then spiked the ball? If "some crews" would enforce that USC, why would they not enforce the USC under the conditions stated above?

Why not let team B decide if the 10 yard penalty was enough? Couldn't they decline the dead ball USC if they thought that was too much, the way some players will deliberately miss a technical foul shot in basketball if they think the other team was unfairly penalized?

[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

I don't understand the logic of quietly picking up the flag. Suppose the player turned around, saw an official signaling holding to the ref, and then spiked the ball? If "some crews" would enforce that USC, why would they not enforce the USC under the conditions stated above?

Why not let team B decide if the 10 yard penalty was enough? Couldn't they decline the dead ball USC if they thought that was too much, the way some players will deliberately miss a technical foul shot in basketball if they think the other team was unfairly penalized?

I don't see that happening.