Field Goals and Penalty enforcements

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by mridgway

1) Field Goals

If a field goal crosses the goal line and is no good it is a touchback. Rule 8-5-3-a-1 says it is a touchback when any free kick or scrimmage kick:

1. Which is not a scoring attempt or which is a grounded three point field goal attempt, breaks the plane of R's goal line unless R chooses a spot of first touching by K.

Q: What is meant by grounded, does this mean that if the ball is kicked from the ground instead of the a block it can be taken at the spot it was kicked or a touchback?

"Grounded" means the kick (or other loose ball) has touched the ground. The kick is a loose ball that begins when the ball is kicked, so it's not referring to how it was teed up.

The reason that "grounded three point field goal attempt" is in there is to avoid the "funny" situation of a dead ball's scoring a field goal.

C) A coach is running his mouth too much, is the signal personal foul unsportsmanlike conduct or just a personal foul?

It's a personal foul only if by "running his mouth" you mean biting somebody, because "personal" fouls require contact on a person. Otherwise it's just unsportsmanlike conduct.