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Message: [QUOTE="Finwad32, post: 1162970, member: 651"] These rulebooks can be like reading an insurance policy or legal documents, but, the answers are defined up until a point. At the end of the day, they leave wiggle room for interpretation, and I'm sure that's by design. Directly from the rulebook: [url]http://dfoa.com/attachments/article/69/2013-14_Football_Rule_Book.pdf[/url] [B][U]Illegal Contact and Pass Interference[/U][/B] ARTICLE 8. a. During a down in which a legal forward pass crosses the neutral zone, illegal contact by Team A and Team B players is prohibited from the time the ball is snapped until it is touched by any player or an official (A.R. 7-3-8-II). b. Offensive pass interference by a Team A player beyond the neutral zone during a legal forward pass play in which a forward pass crosses the neutral zone is contact that interferes with a Team B eligible player. It is the responsibility of the offensive player to avoid the opponents. [B][U]It is not offensive pass interference (A.R. 7-3-8-IV, V, X, XV and XVI):[/U][/B] 1. When, after the snap, a Team A ineligible player immediately charges and contacts an opponent at a point not more than one yard beyond the neutral zone and does not continue the contact more than three yards beyond the neutral zone. 2. When two or more eligible players are making a simultaneous and bona fide attempt to reach, catch or bat the pass. Eligible players of either team have equal rights to the ball (A.R. 7-3-8-IX). 3. When the pass is in flight and two or more eligible players are in the area where they might receive or intercept the pass and an offensive player in that area impedes an opponent, and the pass is not catchable P [B]ENALTY[/B] —[B]15 yards from the previous spot [/B][S33]. [/QUOTE]

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