Fed 7-5 "additional" yards

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by CT1

Are you being intentionally obtuse?

Football Fundamentals state that all penalties are 5, 10 or 15 yards -- there is no 30 yard penalty.

So, the term "in addition" must mean that the team is penalized 15 yards for the PI, and 15 yards for the intent.

"Football Fundamentals" are after-the-fact summations that I don't trust. They're not fundamentals that the rules committee decides on first and then derives details from, and they're also not authoritative statements like approved rulings or interpretations books from the same source. Besides, 2-16-1 says, "A foul is a rules infraction for which a penalty is prescribed." A penalty, not 2 of them.

If Fed wanted to be clear, they would've said either that it's a 30 yard penalty in the case of intentional PI, or that it's successive 2 penalties of 15 yds. each, the second being a succeeding spot enforcement, rather than writing this "additional 15 yards" business. It's not clear whether "additional" means you add the yards to a single penalty or administer a 2nd penalty.