New Rules for 2015

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Originally Posted by CT1

Unfortunately, that's not the reality. In actual game situations, most K players are well downfield and much contact has occurred by the time the whistle blows and the players react.

Giving R a "tack-on" option would lessen the numbers of rekicks as much, if not more, than keeping it a dead-ball foul.

If there is significant delay in blowing the whistles to kill the play BEFORE, "most K players are well downfield and much contact has occurred", perhaps the solution is working on quicker, and more obvious, reaction to the foul by the Free Kick Line officials.

At the interscholastic level there is greater incentive to shut plays down that are tainted by violations, rather than allow them to play out before subsequent correction. The FK lines buffer allows for minimizing, if not stopping, unnecessary contact, but does require immediate and dramatically noticeable reaction by officials.