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Post by FredFan7 on Nov 16, 2012 12:26:30 GMT -5
Can someone explain this to us Yanks?
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Post by JugglingReferee on Nov 16, 2012 23:42:40 GMT -5
In Canada, there are 3 ways to advance the ball: run, pass, kick. To recover a punted ball, you must have been the punter, or behind the punter at the time of the punt. To catch a forward pass, you must be an eligible pass receiver. The run with the ball, you can be anyone. Each method of advancing the ball has a limitation. During a COP, only the forward pass option is removed. So Team B just executed a return kick. And someone onside (behind the punter, or the punter himself) recovered the kicked ball, so it's legal. Since it was in the Team A endzone, TD. Exciting, isn't it!  |
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Post by JugglingReferee on Nov 16, 2012 23:46:29 GMT -5
Players offside (not behind the punter at the time of the punt) must not encroach within a 5-yard halo of the opponents gathering the punt (either in the air or off of a bounce).
These players are required to "give yards" - that is, give the opponent a 5-yard halo to safely recover the punt.
Your rule called the fair catch attempts similar things.
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Post by FredFan7 on Nov 17, 2012 0:16:44 GMT -5
How often does the play I've linked happen and how often does it work?
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Post by JugglingReferee on Nov 17, 2012 2:04:21 GMT -5
I do about 80 games per year and I see a return kick every 2-3 years.
Often the return kick is done when Team A kicks the ball into B's end zone. If that punted ball goes dead in B'd end zone, A scores a rouge. So B will return kick the ball out to avoid giving up the rouge. Usually A is then tackled when they re-obtain possession.
Those work a lot of the time. The play in that clip was a designed play still in the field of play. If it surprises Team A, I can see it working more often than not.
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