PSK Revisited

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by waltjp

window: An interval of time during which an activity can or must take place

Common sense would dictate that a "PSK Window" would be the time period within which a PSK Foul could occur.

I'm still not sure what "a window" has to do with the price of bacon, but NF:2-16-h advises, "PSK- a foul by R (other than illegal substitution or participation) when the foul occurs:
1. During scrimmage kick plays, other than a successful try or field goal.
2. During a scrimmage kick play in which the the ball crosses the the expanded NZ.
3. Beyond the expanded NZ.
4. Before the end of a kick.
5. And K will not be next to put the ball in play.

Which would suggest a PSK foul can happen at any time between the snap, (see NF: 2-1-2 "a ball becomes live when the ball has been legally snapped or free kicked and a down is in progress. NF:2-7-1 defines a "down".) and the end of a kick, provided all the prerequisites of PSK are satisfied, which doesn't require much of any application of common sense to supplement the rule.

(Common sense: good judgment, sound practical judgment derived from experience rather than study. - Encarta dictionary)