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I doubt you'll find any specific reference to OPI-on-a-try in the rulebook, but it hardly matters.
Think about it: If you have OPI during a try, the following scenarios can occur (assuming NFHS ruleset): 1) OPI, try is converted. 2a) OPI, try is not converted. Team B accepts the penalty. 2b) OPI, try is not converted, Team B declines the penalty. In #1, Team B will obviously accept the penalty, 15 yards + loss of down, thus ending the try. In #2a, Team B accepts the penalty, 15 yards + loss of down, thus ending the try. In #2B, Team B declines the penalty, thus ending the try. Notice that #2a and #2b are, for all intents and purposes, identical. |
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No. The penalty includes loss of down so the try is unsuccessful. There is no rule provision for enforcing OPI from the succeeding spot.
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And this discussion isn't just abstract for me either; our game last Friday featured two OPI calls, one of which was actually on a "successful" try. (FWIW, the game in question also had 928 yards of offense, 20+ penalties, a try that was attempted 4 times, a hurdling call (by me), and USC fouls on both benches.) |
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As for OPI, my opinion is just make it a 5 yd with LOD, just like all the other LOD A fouls.
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Rule 8-3-4: If during a successful try, a loss of down foul by A occurs, there is no score and no replay. Rule 8-3-6: If during an unsuccessful try, a foul by A occurs, the penalty is obviously declined, the results of the play stands and there is no replay. Case 8.3.2.C: During a try, A1 passes complete to A2 in the end zone and (b) A4 interfered with B1. RULING: In (b), the loss of down foul by A4 dictates that no points are scored, and no replay. |
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