30 Yard Penalty
 

Flipping thru the rule book was suprised to discover there is actually the ability to have a 30 yards penalty if there is intentional pass interference. Just curious if anyone has actually called this before and what did the player did to deem it necessary for the additional yardage.

Never seen this. Never seen anything to make me think this should be called. But I still like the rule being there.

Peace

Just an FYI, in the NFL, if a defensive pass interference penalty is also simultaneously a personal foul, they tack on the 15 yards from the spot of interference (assuming the DPI is accepted). Never seen this happen, much in the same vain of intentional pass interference.

Makes a lot more sense at lower levels though, where DPI is not a spot foul.

Maybe -- just maybe -- having such a punitive penalty is the very reason you don't see it.

Something tells me that coaches do not even know this rule exists.

Peace

My crew jokes about that rule all the time. Call it once and watch the forest burn down around you! :)

Once, JV game, 15 or so years ago.

LB covering TE near mid-field, TE gets by him, ball is approaching and LB grabs back of the jersey and pulls him to the ground.

Coaches know it and teach it. DPI is always better than a TD and we know no ref will call the additional 15. I have seen it happen but not called more than a few times. Of course most offenses get away with OPI near the goal line on pick plays so it all evens out.

You mean coaches DON'T know it ... and teach accordingly.

The wording being "an additional 15 yards", how does it work? Is it administered as 2 successive 15 yard penalties, or a single penalty of 30 yards?

Second 15 is USC!

PENALTY: Illegal forward pass (Arts. 2a,b,c) – (S35); intentional grounding
(Arts. 2d,e) –(S36) – 5 yards plus loss of down – (S9). Pass interference (Art.
10) – (S33) – 15 yards and automatic first down if by B, 15 yards plus loss of
down if by A – (S9). If the pass interference by either player is intentional, his
team shall be penalized an additional 15 yards (S27). Ineligible downfield
(Art. 12) – (S37) – 5 yards. Illegal touching (Art. 13) – (S16) – 5 yards plus loss
of down.

How is it -- going through life as cynical as you seem to be?

Intentional pass interference

Who is the USC on? Player or Coach? It says the team is penalized.

Shame on me for admitting this - but I believe you indirectly raise an interesting issue.

The rule does not say to call an additional USC penalty - it says the penalty for intentional DPI is "an additional 15 yards." Why does it matter? Well ... how do you administer this foul from the 40 yard line? 15 to the 25, then half the distance to the 12 1/2? Or just flat out half the distance (to the 20). Logic would seem to be the former, but the way this rule reads, one could interpret it as the latter.

What about from the 20? To the 5 and then half? Or just half? How about from the 32?