snap over punters head----safety?

[maven]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

#1, the play occurred on a Friday night in Georgia. I don't think it's much of an assumption that this game was played under NFHS rules.

#2, I'm dying to know under what rules can intentional grounding be called on a backwards pass?

1. The OP didn't state the rule set, so it's an assumption. Good, fair, or "not much" of an assumption if you like.

2. NCAA A.R. 3-4-3 III: throwing a backwards pass out of bounds in order to conserve time is penalized as IG (even though not technically defined as IG).

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by maven

1. The OP didn't state the rule set, so it's an assumption. Good, fair, or "not much" of an assumption if you like.

2. NCAA A.R. 3-4-3 III: throwing a backwards pass out of bounds in order to conserve time is penalized as IG (even though not technically defined as IG).

Maven, you wrote:

Originally Posted by maven

2. I'd have to know more to assess whether that's a good IG call. If the passer was in the field of play when he committed the foul, the penalty is not a safety, though the result of the play is. If that was the case, your options should have been: accept (half the distance from the spot of the foul, LOD), or decline (safety). OTOH, if the foul occurred in the EZ, again you'd have an option between a safety or a safety.

Under no rule set would IG be the appropriate call. The play is perfectly legal under NFHS, NCAA and NFL rules.

Originally Posted by Rich

I never said it was. Clearly, the officials in that game were a bit rule-challenged.

I didn't say you did.

I was referring to the poster above.

[maven]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Under no rule set would IG be the appropriate call. The play is perfectly legal under NFHS, NCAA and NFL rules.

Fair enough: you're correct that the IG call in the OP was bad. I knew that NCAA had a provision prohibiting a backwards pass in some situations, and mistakenly thought that might apply here.

The remainder of my post concerning enforcement was correct, as you omitted to point out.