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Last Answer on January 23, 2021

On a safety, QB flagged for illegal touch (bad snap & kick ball out instead of trying to recover). Smart play, but ref made the other coach choose to decline the penalty to get safety, No option for safety & apply penalty on freekick, Correct call?

Asked by Paul E Miller almost 6 years ago

There was no "illegal touch"; the foul was for illegally kicking the ball. The result of the play - the ball going over the endline because of the kicking - was a safety. You can't have the result of the play and the penalty.

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Concerning dead ball fouls, why are they only enforced if it happens after the play, why not if they happen during the play? By definition, fouls should not happen, period. Why offset during the play but not after? Makes no sense to me.

Asked by dmuellenberg almost 6 years ago

Yes, fouls happen...after the play they "shouldn't" happen because the play is over. The player screwed up by going after an opponent after the play.

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if an offensive player is driving towards the end zone and fumbles the ball in the field of play before reaching the end zone and the ball rolls into and then out of the end zone, why is it that the defense is rewarded possession of the football?

Asked by Steve in Motown over 5 years ago

By definition, what you have there is a touchback. And it isn't so much that the defense is rewarded as it is awarded the ball. It was the offense that put the ball into and through the end zone and that's a touchback.

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When do you think sports will resume?

Asked by adfasdf over 5 years ago

I wish I knew. Lots of conversations at high levels. And with a lot of moving parts. Medicine, economics, training, facilities. And will people attend? Hockey and NBA are, I think, at greatest risk. Followed by college football. For what it's worth, I think MLB plays but when, where, for how long is anyone's guess. The NFL (IMO) is about the money- they'll play but again how long? My 2 cents.

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In the Browns vs. Bengals game yesterday, CLE TE appears to come down with catch, but ball is stripped out by CIN player as both go to ground. Eventually ruled an INT. Why wasn't CIN player ruled "down by contact?"

Asked by JLINK8 over 5 years ago

Yiu write there isxa strip as they go to the ground. Meaning no one is down. So if possession changes before they go to the ground and the defender has control once on the ground, you have an INT.

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I know the rule book completely. So, your answer should be that you cannot answer the question, you can only repeat the rule.

Asked by Steve in motown over 5 years ago

Thank you

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Do you ever get booed?

Asked by They have a chance almost 6 years ago

Uhhh, yes.

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