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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: ElvisLives on June 24, 2024, 03:46:12 PM
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Just to leech on to a conversation on another forum, in NCAA, when a
ball carrier (ftp://ball carrier) runner gets his hand(s) continuously on any part of a helmet (including the facemask) - without grasping an opening - or puts his hand(s) continuously on the face or neck of an opponent, he has not committed as foul. 9-1-8-a tells us that those actions would be a foul by any other player, except by, or on, the runner. So, the runner is exempt from continuous contact fouls, and those continuous contact actions against a runner are not a foul.
Note that, just like the rule, I have consciously used runner, and not ball carrier, because opponents are exempt from such fouls when a player simulates being in possession of a live ball. Remember: A ball carrier actually has the ball, whereas a runner may have the ball, or may simply be simulating possession of the ball.
***Of course, no player, including a runner, may strike or deliver a blow to any part of an opponent's body (including helmet, as stupid as that might be). However, a runner may certainly place his hand/arm on an opponent's helmet/face/neck, and maintain continuous contact, in his effort to ward off the opponent.***
Not sure how all of that jibes with the other guys’ rules. But that’s what we have.