scrimmage kick penalty inforcement question

[kdf5]

Originally Posted by BEAREF

Situation...scrimmage kick...after change of possession during the return, R5 is flagged for a holding foul and then K5 is flagged for a facemask (5 yard) foul. How would these be enforced? The officials working the game said that the fouls were offsetting and the result of the play stood...just as though nothing happened.

Since R got the ball with clean hands and since this is during the return, R can decline the FM and keep the ball but K will accept the holding and the holding will be enforced under the ABO. If R accepts the FM then you have a double foul. Since this happened after the kick ended, the bean bag (the end of the kick) wouldn't be an enforcement spot. The only reason K would decline the hold would be if this play was the last play of the half or game. By declining, K would end the game or half since there wasn't an accepted penalty by either team.