Removing Helmet Clarification

[billk]

Here's a scenario:

Team A has a 4th down play that they fail to convert.  After the play is over & one of the defenders on Team B as he celebrates the 4th down stop removes his helmet while in the field of play.  If the ref throws a flag for that citing unsportsmanlike conduct what happens then?  Does Team A retain possession & get a 1st down?  Or because it was a dead ball, change of possession foul does Team B get the ball after marching off a 15-yard or half the distance to the goal penalty?

Thanks

[Andrew McCarthy]

B's ball following enforcement.

[dvasques]

any dead ball foul counts as after the down, right? No matter what down was played, the enforcement will always be on the next down, right?

[Diablo]

any dead ball foul counts as after the down, right? No matter what down was played, the enforcement will always be on the next down, right?

What about (1) live-ball fouls treated as dead-ball during a touchdown play and (2) dead-ball fouls occurring after a touchdown and before the ready for play on the try?

[BlindZebra]

What about (1) live-ball fouls treated as dead-ball during a touchdown play and (2) dead-ball fouls occurring after a touchdown and before the ready for play on the try?

If live-ball treated as dead-ball happens on the score then the offended team has the option to enforce on the try or KO.  Prime example is sideline warning/interference.

Same goes for dead-ball fouls occurring before the RFP on the try.  If there is no succeeding KO, then the enforcement can only go on the try.