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Kick Catch interference
« on: September 02, 2022, 09:32:50 AM »
Can you have kick catch interference on a scrimmage kick if the ball is rolling/bounding and is not in flight towards R1?

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Re: Kick Catch interference
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2022, 09:44:33 AM »
No,  KCI fouls (part of rule 6-5-6) only apply during airborne kicks.  You could have Illegal Touching on a grounded free or scrimmage kick but not KCI
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Kick Catch interference
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2022, 10:39:25 AM »
No,  KCI fouls (part of rule 6-5-6) only apply during airborne kicks.  You could have Illegal Touching on a grounded free or scrimmage kick but not KCI
I’m not sure you can have illegal touching on a grounded kick. First touching, yes, and maybe illegal batting, but the only illegal touching language I’m aware of in the book deals with the illegal touching of a forward pass by an ineligible receiver. 



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Re: Kick Catch interference
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2022, 10:44:50 AM »
I’m not sure you can have illegal touching on a grounded kick. First touching, yes, and maybe illegal batting, but the only illegal touching language I’m aware of in the book deals with the illegal touching of a forward pass by an ineligible receiver. 


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Re: Kick Catch interference
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2022, 01:08:08 PM »
My decades of NCAA language creeping in.   ;D
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