Rules questions

[CT1]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

You say it's not a penalty, but it's given as a choice of spot after the play is flagged, so it sure seems to act like a penalty. It seems to fit Fed's 2-16-5 and 2-16-1 definitions, and similarly NCAA's 2-20. Do you signal "penalty declined" when this option is chosen?

No, because declining the penalty would leave the ball at the OOB spot. (That happens sometimes after an attempted on-side kick that goes OOB.)

When R chooses the 25-yard option, I give the signal, then point to the spot where the ball will be placed.