Preventative officiating involves communicating essential information to players and coaches to help facilitate the game. Sharing critical information with coaches helps them understand game nuances and removes communication barriers. It helps ensure…
We devoted the last seven days to examining Rule 10-4 articles. Let’s conclude our penalty enforcement “series” by unpacking Rule 10-5. These fouls have special enforcement provisions and options for the offended…
The Rule 10-4-7 (20-yard line penalty enforcement) and 10-4-8 (goal line penalty enforcement) articles contain multiple components and the corresponding plays rarely occur on the field. As such, we may be tempted…
Rules 10-2-2d through 10-2-2g identify the penalty enforcement basic spot as the previous spot when fouls occur behind the line of scrimmage and/or when the run or related run ends behind the…
Rule 2-41-10 says, “The succeeding spot is where the ball would next be snapped or free-kicked if a foul had not occurred. When a foul occurs during a down in which a…
In the previous Ready for Play article, we examined Rule 10-4-2 (previous spot enforcement). In Rules 10-4-2d through 10-4-2g, we discovered that penalty enforcement is from the previous spot when the foul…
Four 2023 “previous spot” penalty enforcement modifications were among the most significant Rule 10-4 changes. Before 2023, if a Team A player was flagged for holding behind the line of scrimmage, the…
Rule 2-16-2h defines a Post Scrimmage Kick foul as “as a foul by R (other than an illegal substitution or illegal participation foul that occurs at the snap) when the foul occurs:…
