You Be The Ref Answers 6/5/18

Here are your answers to You Be The Ref!

1) A1 is illegally in motion at the snap. A2 throws a legal forward pass that is intercepted by B3, who scores a touchdown.

a. The penalty is obviously declined.

All 5-yard penalties that occur during a touchdown scoring play are automatically declined (rule 8.3.7). Any dead ball fouls that occur after the touchdown or live ball fouls that occur and carry a 10-yard penalty do carry-over and can be enforced on either the try or the start of the next possession at the 15-yard line.

2) A5 catches the ball at B's 15-yard line, and advances to B's 3-yard line, where he/she fumbles the ball forward, and the ball first touches the ground on the sideline beyond the goal line.

d. The ball is returned to the spot where A5 lost possession and the down counts.

All forward fumbles are returned to the spot where the runner lost possession (rules 4.3.3 & 7.4.4).

3) With six minutes to go in the second half, an official signals the game clock to stop when he sees A1 limping from a twisted ankle. Within 20 seconds, A1 says he feels fine and wants to remain in the game. Team B is then granted a charged team timeout.

a. A1 must leave the game for at least one down.

If the clock is stopped for an apparently injured player, that player must sit out for at least one down unless a half-time occurs (rule 9.6.3.b).