Intentional Grounding Question

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jstewart

Last night we a 4th and goal at the 7. "A" lines up for a FG. The kicker takes the snap and in an attempt to do a fake. throws the ball into the end zone where no receiver was in the area. R ruled it intentionally grounding and penalized A from the previous and awarded the ball to B.

Sounds like an incorrect ruling to me. No receiver in the area is a requirement for IG -- but not the only requirement.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Sounds like an incorrect ruling to me. No receiver in the area is a requirement for IG -- but not the only requirement.

We don't have enough info to tell whether it was correct or incorrect.