Free kick after awarded fair catch

[Ralph Damren]

We need to remember,too, that the rationale for this rule was to prevent the kicking team from stacking players for a planned onside kick, not a free kick for a field goal.

We also  need to remember that the players just thought they had won when they were celebrating.

IMHO, neither should be  for errors by officials.

Remember, it's better to plan for it and not need it, then to need it and not have a clue.

[NVFOA_Ump]

We need to remember,too, that the rationale for this rule was to prevent the kicking team from stacking players for a planned onside kick, not a free kick for a field goal.

We also  need to remember that the players just thought they had won when they were celebrating.

IMHO, neither should be  for errors by officials.

Remember, it's better to plan for it and not need it, then to need it and not have a clue.

Thanks Ralph for some simple New England common sense here.

[CalhounLJ]

We need to remember,too, that the rationale for this rule was to prevent the kicking team from stacking players for a planned onside kick, not a free kick for a field goal.

We also  need to remember that the players just thought they had won when they were celebrating.

IMHO, neither should be  for errors by officials.

Remember, it's better to plan for it and not need it, then to need it and not have a clue.

Yes. Good old common sense is hard to find around here.

[bama_stripes]

This is true. the formation should be legal before we hand the ball to the kicker. On the very rare occasions I have had to flag this, the formation became illegal after the RFP when a player or players shifted to the other side just before the ball was kicked. blow it and throw it, dead ball, illegal formation.

Saw this on film last week.  The “common-tater” ( a former coach) just couldn’t understand how there could be a false start on a kickoff.