Roughing the QB or illegal helmet contact

[john_faz]

My previous posting should have referenced 9-1-2L Ex. It looked like a one. My apologies for the confusion.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by john_faz

My previous posting should have referenced 9-1-2L Ex. It looked like a one. My apologies for the confusion.

Thanks.

9-1-2 L says "No defensive player shall charge into a passer or throw him to the ground when it is obvious the ball has been thrown. This is roughing the passer. The penalty is added to the end of the last run when it ends beyond the neutral zone, and there is no change of team possession during the down."

Nowhere does this even mention fouls before the ball is thrown or before it's obvious the ball has been thrown. None of the AR's under 9-1-2 do either.

I fail to see where the authors made this connection.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I fail to see where the authors made this connection.

It is called an interpretation, which you read in casebooks, websites and local associations all the time. The casebook alone is a book of interpretations which are not clear in the rulebook. That is why there is a casebook or many rules would have holes in application. And from what I understand this book is researched with the people that actually make the rules. They do not just pull something out of the air.

Peace