Pass hits Goal Post
A on B's 5 yard line. A’s pass is tipped by B then hits the goal post which bounces back to player A who catches the ball in the end zone. What do you have, touchdown or incomplete?
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Canadian Ruling
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Incomplete as soon as the ball hits the goal post. No need to wait before blowing it dead. |
If goal posts are out of bounds then why when a try for point or field goal attempt hits the goal post and goes through it counts as a score?
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Have you ever actually looked at a set of goalposts?
A kick touching the crossbar or upright and continuing through the goal is an exception listed in 4-2-2d. |
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Only an explicit exception allows a kick to score by passing through the goal. HLinNC has quoted it. |
This isn't that difficult. The NCAA rules, and I would suspect Fed is similar, declares that a kick striking a goal post, but going through the uprights, is an exception to the rule that would make it OOB on other plays, such as one involving a pass that hits it.
I haven't had a pass hit the post, but I've had a kid run with the ball after a kick hit it. We shut it down pretty quickly and only needed a very quick explanation. |
We have fields here where the goal post padding is protruding into the field. If a player or ball contacts that padding, they are out of bounds. Otherwise, we are justing trying to split hairs to prove the absurd.
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