Washington team returns blocked field-goal

[bigjohn]

e. When any loose ball:
1. Is simultaneously caught or recovered by opposing players.
2. Is on the ground motionless and no player attempts to secure possession.
3. Touches, or is touched by, anything inbounds other than a player, substitute, replaced player, a game official, the ground or authorized equipment. In this case the ball will be put in play in accordance with the procedure for an inadvertent whistle as in 4-2-3b.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

A kick is a loose ball play--Kick end when
e. When any loose ball:
1. Is simultaneously caught or recovered by opposing players.
2. Is on the ground motionless and no player attempts to secure possession.

Yes, and you're being told by actual officials how to interpret that 2nd part. How long we wait to decide that "no player attempts" varies by situation. In THIS situation, we wait...

[bigjohn]

Wait until a coach comes on the field and tells them to pick it up and run?? Baloney!

[asdf]

You can cut and paste till the cows come home, but you are wrong (again).


Even the AD from the team that lost admitted that the ball was still live.

[bigjohn]

5 seconds?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

5 seconds?

If that 5 seconds takes the other players to make a play on the ball.

Peace

[asdf]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

5 seconds?

Where does it say 4 is too many?

[bigjohn]

the way I read it is says ball is motionless and no player is making an attempt to recover it. That happened, blow it dead!

[JRutledge]

I have no problem with the play. Recover the ball and none of this is an issue. There is a problem with players celebrating too soon and not finishing the play. Seems like a theme lately across football.

Peace