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Offline NVFOA_Ump

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Free Kick Play - Rules Question
« on: December 03, 2011, 08:08:19 PM »
Team A has a free kick from their 40 yardline.  Kicker pops-up a short pooch kick that is coming down near the Team B 45.  A wall of Team A players contact Team B players heading toward the ball, and a Team A player, directly in front of a Team B player jumps high, tips the untouched kick while still in the air and deflects it away from the Team B player and to a teammate.  Team A recovers and has possession of the ball at the end of the kick.  Should we have a flag on the ground, and if yes, what is the call?
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Re: FREE KICK PLAY - RULES QUESTION
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2011, 08:23:47 PM »
Sounds like KCI to me.  Team B has to be given unimpeded access to a free or scrimmage kick.  This is why the most effective onside kicks take a high bounce ( a la the UGA onside kick in the SEC championship).

It could also be Illegal Batting if the ball was batted forward by A.
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Re: FREE KICK PLAY - RULES QUESTION
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2011, 08:24:37 PM »
it's unclear where the Team A wall contacted B--whether or not they were eligible to touch and therefore could legally block.

but if nothing else, you have KCI.  B's ball, 15 yards in advance of where it was tipped by A.
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