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  1. #1
    In college football, as soon as the player possessing the ball has a knee down, he is ruled down and the play over.

    So my question: on a field goal attempt, why isnt the holder ruled down (and play over) ad soon as he catches the snap for the field goal attempt?

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    Rule 4, Section 1, Article 3b:

    b. When any part of the ball carrier’s body, except his hand or foot, touches
    the ground or when the ball carrier is tackled or otherwise falls and loses
    possession of the ball as he contacts the ground with any part of his
    Rule 4 / Ball in Play, Dead Ball, Out of Bounds FR-59
    body, except his hand or foot [Exception: The ball remains alive when an
    offensive player has simulated a kick or at the snap is in position to kick the
    ball held for a place kick by a teammate. The ball may be kicked, passed or
    advanced by rule] (A.R. 4-1-3-I).
    http://www.amarefs.org/FR19.pdf

    There's an exception built into the rules for this.

  3. #3
    Originally Posted by Mission146 View Post
    Rule 4, Section 1, Article 3b:

    b. When any part of the ball carrier’s body, except his hand or foot, touches
    the ground or when the ball carrier is tackled or otherwise falls and loses
    possession of the ball as he contacts the ground with any part of his
    Rule 4 / Ball in Play, Dead Ball, Out of Bounds FR-59
    body, except his hand or foot [Exception: The ball remains alive when an
    offensive player has simulated a kick or at the snap is in position to kick the
    ball held for a place kick by a teammate. The ball may be kicked, passed or
    advanced by rule] (A.R. 4-1-3-I).
    http://www.amarefs.org/FR19.pdf

    There's an exception built into the rules for this.
    Thanks mission. I figured there was something to this effect, but just didn't feel like looking through the rule book.

    In other news, the rule book is TOO big and growing bigger all the time with all these new rules. Yesterday, I watched two pro games that had penalties on damn near every play making them just unpleasant to watch. Sad!

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