2014 MINI MISSIVE 2


2014 RULE CHANGES - PLAYS

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PLAY

RULING

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3rd/10 A40. A88 and B44 are in equally advantageous positions when they leap for a high pass and their helmets collide. Pass is incomplete. Targeting is called on B44. Replay overturns call.
A 4/10 A40. B44 returns to action. No 15-yard penalty in 2014. [9-1-3 & 4]
2
3rd/10 A40. QB A12 hands the ball to A29 who runs to his right to set up to pass. B96 drives his shoulder into A29's knee. A29 pulls the ball in as he falls to the ground on A's 33.
A 1/10 B45 . Although A29 is not a passer by rule (no forward pass), the spirit and intent of the rule is that this is a foul because of the "vulnerability of a potential passer in a passing posture". [New A.R. 9-1-9-III]
3
2nd/7 A13. Score A24-B27. Fourth quarter. Untimed down. A17 passes. A88 and B44 are running down the sideline. B44 jumps with a foot on the sideline and bats the ball. A88, still inbounds, catches the ball and crosses B's goal line.
Game over. Final score A24-B27. Incomplete pass. The ball becomes dead when touched by B44. B44 is considered out of bounds. [New A.R. 4-2-1-III]
4
3rd/10 A40. A17's legal forward pass is complete to A88 who is downed on B's 37. Just after the snap, B92 grasps and twists A55's face mask.
A 1/10 B22 . The 15-yard penalty is enforced from the end of A88's run. The new rule applies to personal fouls but not to unsportsmanlike fouls. [New A.R. 7-3-12-I]
5
F/K A35. B44 leaps from inbounds and controls the untouched ball while airborne. B44 then lands out of bounds with or without the ball. The ball is out of bounds after crossing the sideline on B's 44.
B 1/10 B44. This is no longer a free kick out of bounds since the ball was touched by an inbounds player, B44. Prior to a few years ago, the ruling was the same but was based on Team B touching the ball before it was declared out of bounds.
[Revised A.R. 6-2-2-IV]
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4th 10 A30. A88 is covering a punt when he steps on the sideline. After returning inbounds, A88 tackles B44 on B's 44. NOTE: A.R. 6-3-12-I has "scrimmage kick play", not "scrimmage kick down". Good change.
B 1/10 B49 . The penalty is enforced from B's 44. It could also be enforced from the previous spot. NOTE: If in fact a change, Rules 6-1-11 and 6-3-12 will require an update. [New A.R. 6-3-12-I]
7
4th/10 B40. A4 punts. A88 bats the loose ball while the ball is above B's end zone. The ball lands on B's 2 without touching the ground in B's end zone. B44 recovers and runs to B's 9 where he is downed. A65 commits a personal foul during the kick.
B 1/10 B24 . Team B will elect to have the 15-yard penalty tacked on from the end of B44's run. Team B could also elect previous spot enforcement. Team B can no longer have the penalty enforced from B's 20. [New A.R. 6-3-11-V]
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Try B8. This follows a Team A false start. A17's pass is incomplete. B96 is offside. Team A requests ball be placed on right hash mark.
A retry B4. Right hash mark. Previous interpretation was that Team A loses the lateral placement option once they foul at any time after the ready for play for the first scrimmage down. [New A.R. 8-3-3-III]
Rom Gilbert / pigskin@romgilbert.us / August 19, 2014 / (p-1402)