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re: Poll: Would this football trick play be legal?
Posted on 9/7/13 at 4:37 pm to JJ27
Posted on 9/7/13 at 4:37 pm to JJ27
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Kick ball...illegal.
Since when is kicking a football illegal in football?
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Plus the holder would be down when his knee hit the ground.
A player is only considered down if their knee hits the ground AND they are touched by an opposing player.
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Posted on 9/7/13 at 4:38 pm to Bookmaker
Trolling
Posted on 9/7/13 at 4:41 pm to Bookmaker
Only on Sundays. Any other league and you're down.
Posted on 9/7/13 at 4:42 pm to Bookmaker
I'm pretty sure that if you kneel the ball on a punt, the referee will think you're giving up and call the play dead. I know that's what happens on kick-offs in the end zone. So that's likely what would happen once the holder did it. Even then, they couldn't advance their own kick from where it landed (I would assume).
quick research:
Another practical point: They wouldn't have time to gett he ball and then kick it forward without getting hit. Hell punt return men seem to take big chances to not call fair catch these days. Your example doesn't have anyone slowing down the gunners.
And that doesn't even talk about the ability of the punter to increase height to lengthen the hang time of the ball. Add to the fact that you couldn't really disguise the person behind the punt returner and it's easily foiled by the opposing team.
quick research:
quote:I'm sure this rule would be used to stop this tomfoolery before it started.
Any kick from scrimmage must be made from behind the line to be legal.
Another practical point: They wouldn't have time to gett he ball and then kick it forward without getting hit. Hell punt return men seem to take big chances to not call fair catch these days. Your example doesn't have anyone slowing down the gunners.
And that doesn't even talk about the ability of the punter to increase height to lengthen the hang time of the ball. Add to the fact that you couldn't really disguise the person behind the punt returner and it's easily foiled by the opposing team.
This post was edited on 9/7/13 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 9/7/13 at 4:42 pm to Bookmaker
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A player is only considered down if their knee hits the ground AND they are touched by an opposing player.
In the NFL.
So today it's illegal, tomorrow it's legal?
Posted on 9/7/13 at 4:43 pm to Bookmaker
That's an NFL rule. In NCAA or HS, he puts his knee down, he's down.
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