Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!tektronix!tekcrl!tekchips!stevev From: stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl) Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: A rules question Message-ID: <153@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 12:01:59 EST Article-I.D.: tekchips.153 Posted: Mon Dec 17 12:01:59 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 02:18:45 EST References: <3811@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 29 > I think I read this a long time ago, but I'm not sure that it's true, and > if it is true, how come I've never seen it? > > Supposedly, if a team takes a fair catch, the rules allow it a free kick > from the point of the catch. This implies the following situation: > > Team A punts from their own 5 (say), and team B signals a fair catch at > the 40. Using the above rule, they take a free kick, put the ball on a > tee, and kick it through the uprights for a field goal. Since it's a > free kick, team A can't block it. > > > Is this all bull, or what? > > Wayne Citrin > (ucbvax!citrin) I saw a "free" after-fair-catch field goal attempt on an "NFL week in review" highlight show a number of years ago (early 70's?). I believe it was the Bears who kicked it. I don't remember who the kicker was, who they were playing, or whether it was successful. I mostly remember being surprised that such a rule existed. ******************************** Steve Vegdahl NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR Computer Research Lab. typos Tektronix, Inc. logical errors Beaverton, Oregon actions of my pet alligator ********************************