Penalty enforcement

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by stewsport

I have a question. Where is the basic spot of enforcement on a offensive holding penalty behind the line of scrimmage on a pass play? I know this is a loose ball play and the book says previous spot. But does the all but one principal apply here. Thanks

With a few exceptions, all-but-one applies to ALL fouls. Your question suggests that you might not be sure what "all but one" means.

You'll see lots of summaries (the previous poster provided one) that are all roughly equivalent. Most of these (including the ones taught to me) do not use the words "all but one," and so when I was learning I didn't get the principle for a while.

Here's my summary: "ALL fouls are enforced from the basic spot BUT ONE: fouls by the offense committed behind the basic spot are spot fouls."

So your question is confused: you don't want to ask "is the basic spot the previous spot or all but one?" The basic spot for loose ball plays is the previous spot, as you say. That doesn't change: only the spot of enforcement changes due to "all but one."