1st and ten
 

Team A makes the line to gain for a first down. Clock stops chains are moved and reset. Referee is ready to mark the ready for play (has hand in the air) A 26 comes by and says something bad to referee about his ability. Referee calls an unsportsman 15 yard penalty. He then has the chain crew to reset the chains and it is still 1st and 10 after the 15 yards are marked off. Is this correct? NFHS rules.

This is correct. Had he blown the RFP the penalty would be marked off making it 1st & 25. This is a dead ball foul between downs.

This is correct in NFHS, NCAA, and NFL rulesets.

In fact, this very situation just happened a little bit ago in the Sunday night Bengals/Patriots game. As usual, the announcers were clueless.

Not true in the NFL...fouls against officials, no matter when they occur, are enforced as fouls between down.

So in the play that you are referencing, if the penalty would have been UNS for a foul against an official (instead of being a taunt against an opponent), the result after enforcement would be 1st & 25.

Seriously?

I mean, that's a great idea (might as well make it hurt as much as possible if you UNS an official)... but that's something I never thought I'd actually see in a ruleset.

Yup...here's a case book play:

A.R. 12.112 FOUL AGAINST OFFICIAL
Fourth-and-10 on 50. Punter A1 muffs the snap and is downed at the A35. B2 clips A2 after the play has ended (dead-ball foul). Upset that a foul was called, B2 pushes the Field Judge.

Ruling: B’s ball, first-and-25 on B35. Disqualify B2. Not a multiple foul because all fouls against officials are enforced as fouls between downs. (12-3-1-h)

They're all fouls between downs, duh. The issue determining the difference between NFL & the other codes is not when the foul occurred or is deemed to have occurred. The issue is when the series of downs begins in relationship to administration.

You missed the point, duh. You were to busy being a smartass to understand.

That point is that whether the foul occurred before or after the ready for play was blown, the chains would still have been reset for 1st and 25 in the NFL. Not the case in NFHS and NCAA.

I love it that you punctuated the dumbest thing I've read on here in a while with "duh", as if the other guy was the clueless one.

In the NFL, "fouls between downs" doesn't mean what you apparently think it does.

Apparently one can referee football without actually putting the stripes on.

Happens every Friday night, er Saturday, uh Sunday, mmmm Thursday- Ah just about every day/night of the week.

I still say the Ignore Poster function is a valuable tool:)

I do it plenty in practice.

But that's because when the new series is deemed to be awarded differs between the codes. In the NFL, the series is deemed to have been awarded before the administration of the penalty.

And that exactly what he said, that the NFL is different than NFHS and NCAA. That was his point, in response to jTheUmp who thought NFHS, NCAA and NFL were the same.

There was no need for your smart ass comment.

No.

The NFL has a specific type of foul called a foul between down which is different than a dead ball foul.

What's smart ass about pointing out the obvious? NFL has a particular meaning for "foul between downs", but Fed & NCAA have fouls between downs too (by the ordinary meaning of "between" and the technical meaning of "down"), and the occurrence described is a foul between downs in those codes, so saying it's a "foul between downs" doesn't tell you anything per se. You'd have to know that the NFL deems the new series to be awarded before the penalty is presented.

No. It didn't tell YOU anything. It told the rest of us EXACTLY what we would need to know on this kind of play.

When a blogger states "NFHS" rules, it would be nice if the replies were referencing NFHS and not all that other crap.

Well you are going to have to get over that one. Often times questions are asked based on their assumption or knowledge of what took place in another level. Most HS games are not on TV like they are at the other levels and people try often to combine application of one set of rules to another. And that is going to take place whether you or I like it either way.

Peace

Threads drift, sorry.

If they drift enough we'll get involved but this hasn't even come close to that threshold yet and the question was already answered.

It seems most often, those asking questions seem influenced by what they see on TV, or may have expewrienced as players, a lot more than what goes on in a NFHS game. Being aware of the difference, in certain situations between rules codes, makes explanations a lot more direct, relevant and understandable.

I can't tell you how often I've had those types of conversations with coaches... Some examples off the top of my head:
"That's illegal contact! he can't hit the receiver after 5 yards!"
"Pass interference is a spot foul!"
"He can wear this tinted eyeshield, it's legal"

I usually respond with "Coach, that's a Sunday rule, not a Friday rule."

"He only got one foot inbounds!"

"They tried the FG from the 40, why is the ball at the 20?"

"He caught it on the fly, that's not a touchback!!"

"Personal fouls are always automatic first downs!"

Our problem is 3 sets of rules: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. And Friday's games are not on TV. Thus, an ignorant public and coaches.

You guys are missing the biggest ones.....


"HE WAS OUT OF THE POCKET!!"

&

"Hey ref....#51 is checking in as eligible."

In both cases...."Oh, is he?"

That's the advantage of tree thread structures, especially those where you can change the subject line in subthreads.

And that's if you don't officiate any minor league men's or women's or children's games.