First touching/ IW

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

No, I don't think so.

With the penalty, everything that happens afterward ends up being disregarded anyway. (If the penalty is declined, you're back to replaying due to the IW)

With first touching, you have no idea whether the "zero yard penalty" will be accepted.

I suppose a "fair" way of navigating this would be to let the receiving team decide if they want to accept the first touching, or replay the down. I can see both sides of this.

Sometimes the choice would be obvious. If K first touches their free kick in the neutral zone, what is to be gained by R in replaying the down, assuming rational decisions by both sides?

OK, I suppose if K's kicker is really, really weak and has trouble getting the ball to go any distance at all, R might decline a spot of touching by K 9 yards into the NZ in the hope that his next kick won't even go that far.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Sometimes the choice would be obvious. If K first touches their free kick in the neutral zone, what is to be gained by R in replaying the down, assuming rational decisions by both sides?

OK, I suppose if K's kicker is really, really weak and has trouble getting the ball to go any distance at all, R might decline a spot of touching by K 9 yards into the NZ in the hope that his next kick won't even go that far.

Are you being intentionally obtuse (i.e. trolling), or have you simply not watched much football? I can't tell which, but this is a really dumb response.

How about --- first touching on the 1. I'm taking the rekick if it's an option. Good luck pinning us there twice.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Are you being intentionally obtuse (i.e. trolling), or have you simply not watched much football? I can't tell which, but this is a really dumb response.

How about --- first touching on the 1. I'm taking the rekick if it's an option. Good luck pinning us there twice.

What part of "sometimes" do you not understand?

[CT1]

Just got word back from our state rules interpreter. The IW trumps the first touching.

Replay the down.