Passer crossing the Line of Scrimmage

[JugglingReferee]

CANADIAN RULING:

Legal.

[mbyron]

7-5-1 and 7-5-2 refer to the position of the passer when the pass is released. They do not mention where he has been. Legal.

[Texas Aggie]

NCAA: Illegal. Five yards and loss of down from spot.

[jchamp]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

NCAA: Illegal. Five yards and loss of down from spot.

Yeah, I found this in the NCAA rules, 7-3-2e,
ARTICLE 2. A forward pass is illegal:
e. If thrown from in or behind the neutral zone after a ball carrier in possession of the ball has gone beyond the neutral zone.

I was trying to figure out if NFHS's lack of similar language is meant to imply that the play I mentioned, or one in which a backwards pass from A1 who has crossed the LoS to A2 who is behind the LoS before a subsequent forward pass would be legal.

I was in the U spot on a JV scrimmage Saturday with a play similar to the first post. I don't think he actually crossed, but he certainly ran backwards as if to make sure he was behind the line before heaving his throw.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by jchamp

Yeah, I found this in the NCAA rules, 7-3-2e,
ARTICLE 2. A forward pass is illegal:
e. If thrown from in or behind the neutral zone after a ball carrier in possession of the ball has gone beyond the neutral zone.

I was trying to figure out if NFHS's lack of similar language is meant to imply that the play I mentioned, or one in which a backwards pass from A1 who has crossed the LoS to A2 who is behind the LoS before a subsequent forward pass would be legal.

It wasn't meant to imply anything, because it's NCAA that changed it to their present language. Fed didn't delete a requirement that'd been in there before, but NCAA added one.

[wisref2]

If it's not illegal, it's legal. In Federation, the pass just has to be made from behind the LOS.