intentional grounding in end zone

[yankeesfan]

Originally Posted by mbyron

You're saying that this is intentional grounding, and so would be a penalty that occurred in the endzone?

Yes, this penalty can be declined. The down would count, you'd have an incomplete pass, and it would be 1/10 for B from the previous spot.

here is 7.5.3 according to this the spot would be the end zone, automatic safety. am i mising something?

ART. 3 . . . If the penalty for an illegal forward pass is accepted, measurement
is from the spot of such forward pass. If the offended team declines the distance
penalty, it has the choice of having the down counted at the spot of the illegal
incomplete forward pass or (if the illegal forward pass is caught or intercepted)
of having the ball put in play as determined by the action which followed the
catch.