2015 MINI MISSIVE #8


PUNTS / ILLEGAL TOUCHING IN FIELD OF PLAY / FOULS (6-3-2)

The spot of illegal touching in the field of play is not an enforcement spot unless it is also the dead ball spot. This dead ball spot is sometimes known as the spot of illegal recovery. {PSKE: Postscrimmage-kick Enforcement]


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PLAY

RULING

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4th/8 A32. A6's punt hits on A's 36 and rebounds behind the neutral zone where A88 recovers on A's 29. Team A had 12 players on field. B96 commits a holding foul on A's 28 going for the loose ball.
B 1/10 A39. PSKE applies. Team B will decline offsetting fouls. Team A will accept the penalty for Team B's foul. The illegal touching privilege is canceled. In 2013, "The foul occurs three or more yards beyond the neutral zone" was deleted.
2
4th/8 A32. A88 commits an illegal touching violation on B's 36 and then recovers the kick on B's 25. A84 commits a block in the back foul on B's 43.
B 1/10 B36. Team B will likely elect to take the ball at the spot of illegal touching. If A88 recovers on B's 32, then B 1/10 B42. Team B could also elect enforcement from the previous spot with the down replayed.
3
4th/8 A32. A88 commits an illegal touching violation on B's 29. B44 recovers the punt on B's 28 and runs to B's 49 where he is downed. During B44's run, B93 commits a block in the back foul on B's 43.
B 1/10 B33. Acceptance of the penalty cancels the illegal touching privilege. Declination of the penalty results in B 1/10 B49.
4
4th/8 A32. B44 is in position on to catch A4's punt on B's 27. B96 pushes A88 in the back on B's 37. A88 falls to the ground and the ball hits A88. The rolling ball then is muffed by B44 on B's 28. A84 recovers on B's 25.
A 1/10 B25. A88 was blocked or pushed into the ball or blocked or pushed to a spot where the ball hit A88. A88 is judged not to have touched the ball. B96 fouls because he was not going for the ball that he may legally catch or recover. The penalty is declined.
5
4th/8 A32. A88 commits an illegal touching violation on B's 36. B44 recovers on B's 28, runs to B's 49 and fumbles. A66 recovers and runs to B's 8 where he is downed. During A66's run, A74 commits a block in the back foul on B's 22.
B 1/10 B36. Team B will decline the penalty and elect to take the ball at the spot of illegal touching. Acceptance of the penalty results in A 1/10 B32.
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4th/8 A32. A88 commits an illegal touching violation on B's 36. B44 recovers on B's 28, runs to B's 49 and fumbles. A66 recovers and runs to B's 8 where he is downed. During B44's run, B74 commits a block in the back foul on B's 43.
B 1/10 B33. Team A will accept the penalty which is enforced from the spot of the foul, B's 43. If Team A declines the penalty, Team A will take the ball at the spot of illegal touching, B's 36. [A.R. 6-3-2-IV]
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4th/8 A32. A88 commits an illegal touching violation on B's 33. B44 recovers, runs and fumbles. A66 recovers and runs to B's 4 where he is downed. During A66's run, B97 commits a foul.
A 1/goal B2. The 10 or 15-yard penalty is enforced half the distance from the end of A66's run, B's 4. Acceptance of the penalty cancels the illegal touching privilege.
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4th/8 A32. A8's punt bounces sideways and hits A88 in the leg on B's 33. B44 recovers, runs and fumbles. A66 recovers and runs for a touchdown. During A66's run, B98 commits a holding foul.
B 1/10 B33. The penalty is declined by rule. B's ball at the spot of illegal touching. Touchdown if B98's foul is a personal or unsportsmanlike foul. [A.R. 6-3-2-III] [10-2-5-a-1,2]
pigskin@romgilbert.us / July 8, 2015 (1906) / (p-1508)