Tag: nonplayer

Rule 8, Section 2, Article 4

If either team commits an unsportsmanlike conduct or a nonplayer foul during a down in which a touchdown is scored, the opponent may accept the results of the play and choose enforcement of the penalty:

a. On the try, or

b. On the subsequent kickoff.

Rule 8, Section 2, Article 3

If an opponent of the scoring team commits a foul (other than unsportsmanlike conduct or a nonplayer foul) during a down in which a touchdown is scored and there was a change of possession during the down, and such foul occurs after the change of possession, the scoring team may accept the results of the play and choose enforcement of the penalty:

a. On the try, or

b. On the subsequent kickoff.

Rule 8, Section 2, Article 2

If an opponent of the scoring team commits a foul (other than unsportsmanlike conduct or a nonplayer foul) during a down in which a touchdown is scored and there was not a change in possession during the down, A may accept the results of the play and choose enforcement of the penalty:

    1. On the try, or
    2. On the subsequent kickoff.

Rule 3, Section 3, Article 4

A period shall not be extended by an untimed down if one of the following occurred during a down in which time expires:

a. When the defense fouls during a successful try/field goal and the offended team accepts the results of the play with enforcement of the penalty from the succeeding spot.

b. There was a foul by either team and the penalty is accepted for:

        1. unsportsmanlike fouls,
        2. nonplayer fouls,
        3. fouls that specify a loss of down,
        4. fouls that are enforced on the subsequent kickoff as in Rule 8-2-2, 8-2-3, 8-2-4, 8-2-5; or
        5. fouls for which enforcement, by rule, result in a safety.

NOTE: The score is cancelled in the event of an accepted penalty that specifics a loss of down.