Safety or not

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Unofficially that's common practice. Officially, no, which leaves the question of what to do if it's spotted overhanging the goal line for 4th down and an incomplete pass is then thrown. In TV games I saw (years ago) at least once a ball made ready for play overhanging like that as a result of rotating it after it was barely carried out of the end zone sideways.

You do not rotate the ball on change of possession. Ball stays where it is and chains are set from the NEW forward point.

Makes me think about this scenario though... ball is carried out of EZ sideways, ball perpendicular to the sideline and is completely out of EZ when runner is downed. However when rotated the back end would now penetrate the GL. Safety?