Second kick-off of the game, K pooches a kick that goes past the 10 yard requirement in the air, R does not call for a fair catch. Both R and K attempt to "catch" the kick in mid-air. K bumps into R as R recieves the kick. In our situation, we had nothing as R did recover and was immediately tackled. However, this brought up the question: What would/should have happened if K had caught the ball in flight or if K had bumped R out of the way in order to recover the kick. The case book has a comment that makes it a little confusing. (I don't have it with me today, but I think it is 6.3 (comment))
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