25. 3/15 @ A-10. Team B trails by 9 points late in the 4th Qtr. A67 clips in the end zone. A17’s pass is then intercepted by B23 and returned for a TD. The clock reads 1:27.
a. Touchdown Team B, penalty declined by rule.
b. Safety, two points for Team B.
c. Team B may choose a safety or the touchdown.
d. Touchdown Team B. The penalty is enforced on the try or succeeding kickoff.
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Working through the question, note that Team B is behind by more than 8 points, late in the 4th period. They need a minimum of two scores to tie or win the game.
Team A committed a 3 & 1 enforcement foul (clipping) in their own end zone before the change of team possession. Then Team B gains possession and legally scores a 6-point TD.
The penalty for the CLP can be enforced as the 3 & 1 enforcement, resulting in a safety (since fouls by A in their own end zone result in a safety - an 'exception' to the fundamental principal of offensive fouls behind the NZ being penalized at the previous spot). That would give Team B 2-points, reducing their deficit to 7 points, with the potential for good field position following the ensuing free kick by Team A, in hopes of scoring a TD, plus at least a 1-point Try, to tie the game (or, perhaps, score a 2-point Try, and win the game).
Alternatively, Team B can keep the 6-point TD, and enforce the CLP penalty on the Try, or at the succeeding kickoff. At worst, they would have a 3-point deficit, with hope of recovering an 'onside' kickoff, and at scoring at least a 3-point field goal to tie the game (or win the game, if they scored anything on the previous Try).
Given the answer options presented:
a) is not correct - the penalty is NOT declined by rule.
b), as a complete answer, is not correct. There is an option for a safety, or a TD with penalty enforcement on the Try of kickoff.
c) is a correct statement.
d), as a complete answer, is not correct. There is an option to accept the 3 & 1 penalty enforcement, resulting in a 2-point safety for Team B.
So, the only completely correct answer is b).
I didn't submit my answers, so I don't know if the CFO agrees with this or not. I hope so. I hope I understand the rules.