Clean hands and PSK

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Originally posted by cmathews
As was discussed in a different thread, when is R given the benefit of clean hands....The NHFS has stated that if R fouls after the ball crosses the ENZ then they are considered to have gotten the ball with clean hands....

This is one of the inconsistencies of the PSK rule. If K does not foul, and R fouls beyond the ENZ after the ball crosses the ENZ, then R has "clean hands," and R gets to keep the ball after PSK enforcement. On the other hand if K fouls and then R fouls beyond the ENZ after the ball crosses the ENZ, they by rule do not have clean hands, and it is automatically a double foul. Hopefully they will clean this up in one of the "refinements" they mention in that powerpoint presentation. In our association we were told to delete the "clean hands" passage from the comments section on PSK (pg. 73 of the Rule Book).

I agree with what others (particularly JRut.) have said in the other thread, that the intent of the PSK rule would be to allow R to decline K's foul and keep the ball if both teams foul before change of possession and R's foul otherwise meets PSK requirements. Unfortunately based on that pesky rulebook and the NF interpretation, this has to be a double foul situation.