Kickoff question
Ball is kicked near the sideline on a kickoff. The returner before catching the ball has one foot out of bounds and the other foot in-bounds, as soon as he catches and possesses the kicked ball the official blows the play dead. My question is "is ball spotted where caught or is this a out of bounds violation"?
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If the receiver, or any player is OOB, with one or both feet, and subsequently touches a kick it is a kick OOB.
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6.1.8 SITUATION C: R1 is running near a sideline as he attempts to catch a free
kick in flight. R1 has: (a) both feet inbounds; or (b) one foot on the sideline, when he reaches through the plane of the sideline. The ball bounces off his hands and lands out of bounds. RULING: In (a), the ball is not yet out of bounds until it hit the ground there. Since R1 touched it, he caused it to go out of bounds and R will have the ball at the inbounds spot. In (b), since R1 is out of bounds when the ball is touched, the kicker has caused the ball to be out of bounds. |
Dolphins player did this on purpose about 2 years ago.
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(c) one foot on the sideline, when he into the field of play, touching the grounded ball that is completly inbounds and almost at rest. Is it a kick out of bounds or is R the "offender"? |
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It is still a kick OOB. The ball has to touch an R player inbounds........ and this R player is not inbounds.
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The ball has to touch an inbounds R player. The difference between that and "an R player inbounds" makes ALL the difference. |
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It just seems unfair to me that an OOB R player could reach back into the field, while he was still OOB, and touch/muff the ball and (even if the ball would not have gone OOB on it's own) the action of the R player causes K to be penalized. Two lessons: 1. K should not kick a free kick even near the side line. 2. What I preceive as "fair" and what is the proper ruling are not necessarily the same. :) |
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For argument's sake, why does this phrase appear in the case play?
"...when he reaches through the plane of the sideline." He has one foot inbounds and one foot OOB, which means the player is OOB. Why does it matter whether he touches the ball on the inbounds side of the sideline plane or reaches through the plane of the sideline and touches the ball? |
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Even though I'm not knowledgeable enough to argue with these guys, I did play devil's advocate, saying, "But doesn't touching always proceed possession, and isn't it still a kick until possessed, and those the status was still "a kick" and it was touch by a player OOB, thus a Free Kick OOB?" We did not come away with a consensus. |
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It might have made more sense to make the case go the other direction: even if the ball is still over the field of play, if the player who touches the kick is OOB, then it's a kick OOB and a foul. |
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I'm no longer current on NFHS rules. Does the rule change this year concerning illegal participation affect the ruling? |
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The consensus was the if R intentionally went OOB or realized he was OOB and then intentionally reached back in to touch the ball, then yes, that would definitely fall under the new rule. No one felt that it would apply if R was perhaps accidentally touching the side line with one foot as he fielded the ball inside "the plane". |
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