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[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by MRD

A has the ball 4th and 20 from on their own 30 They run the ball to their 33 where there is a 15 yd facemask penalty. We awarded the ball to B at the A 45 because A did not reach the line to gain even after the fm penalty. Did we get it right?

In quoting you above, I corrected the typo you made with regard to distance gained on the run.

Think of this: does it make sense that Team B can terminate the play illegally, and then benefit from that act? The benefit to which I'm speaking is your crew awarding them possession because Team A "didn't" gain yards.

The answer to which should be the cause for a light bulb to go off in your crew member's heads.

And if this did make sense, then we'd see this type of play all the time in football. And we don't see this at all in football, which at the very least should raise a flag in your mind and hopefully get the crew together to talk about the enforcement.