Rules questions

[jchamp]

Originally Posted by CT1

[FED] It's not a distance penalty, since it's not marked off from one of the enforcement spots. It's an option for R, just like taking the ball where it goes OOB is.

So in that case, if it's kicked on/inside the 25, the ball would be "spotted" in the EZ, and therefore a touchback?
Is the rule intended to make it such that the ball is considered to have gone OOB at that spot?

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by jchamp

So in that case, if it's kicked on/inside the 25, the ball would be "spotted" in the EZ, and therefore a touchback?

No, it is simply not an option. They have to take the ball where it went out or enforce the 5 yard penalty and rekick. Same in NCAA however the receiving team also has the option of tacking on 5 from where it went out.