Did High School Football Officials Make A Great Call Or Did They Ruin High IQ Play?

Did High School Football Officials Make A Great Call Or Did They Ruin High IQ Play?

Here's The Play #67

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[mattcarlucci]

Looks very obvious to me that hes putting himself out of bounds intentionally. He steps up to the ball, stops before touching it, steps out of bounds, then picks it up. A kick returner who doesn’t know he’s out of bounds would either fall on that ball or pick it up and run with it.

[ThomasCappelen]

When the receiver jumps out of bounds he is doing that intentionally. When he touches the ball he commits illegal participation.

[HenryTreftz]

Rule 9-6-2 No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during the the down and
B) Intentionally Touch the Ball
15 yard Penalty

[briandow]

This is a wonderful play in NCAA rules but not in NFHS.

[Motorfuzz]

The foul was enforced incorrectly by the crew. It is a loose ball play. K has two choices, accept the foul, and rekick from R-45, or the result of the play which is R 1/10 from the 19, as the ball became dead when it was touched by a player out of bounds. R 1/10 at the 9 1/2 is incorrect.

[kerrytodd]

High IQ play by receiving team……officials blew it.

[johncberger]

Regardless which way you're crew decides to enforce this play its important to discuss this type of play and make sure you're enforcing it consistently. I've seen variations of this play on social media at quite a few levels, for quite a few years. it would be nice to have some concrete guidance from the fed to directly address this. That said in this case it looks like the returner for R intentionally hopped out of bounds and then grabbed the ball, so I would support an IP. The official covering was in a great position and saw the whole play and the rule book supports him.

[michaelfalkner]

He's trying the NFL move. In the NFL, that at least WAS a high-IQ play. That's why he did it. In NFHS, that's a 15-yard penalty for illegal participation (as it should be in the NFL as well).

[mattcarlucci]

Covering official needs to put that flag at the OOB/Foul spot and not throw it 12 feet in the air.

[andrewjohnson]

In the NFL this is out of bounds kick. Not sure what the high school rule is though.

[MercerKnowsBall]

How could it be Illegal Touching? The Penalty for Illegal Touching comes with a LOSS OF DOWN, instead of replaying the Down, right?
So tell me this... What Down was it when this play happened? Ah Ha? Are you seeing what I'm seeing here?
How could a Penalty that could not be ENFORCED on a Kick Off be the Penalty assessed on a Kick Off?
This is a FREE KICK OUT OF BOUNDS. The Player knows the Rules and the Officials DO NOT.
WHERE is this game being played? Who TRAINS these Bozos? How do you become a White Hat and not be a RULES EXPERT?

[leonmatthewsiv]

Rules interpreter here.. 100% IP. Crew got this enforcement correct. Covering official needs to place flag at the spot of the foul.

[logansenkier]

The player took himself off of the field by his own choice and then touched the ball without ever reestablishing himself good call imo, if he had one foot in bounds then it’s a kick out of bounds call.

[DadBurl]

It's high school not the nfl. Know the rules before you try to exploit them. Crew got it correct

[JacobJake]

Reminds me of Randall Cobb in 2012 doing the same thing

[sanedude]

IP, previous spot enforcement. Looked like R stepped OB intentionally. I think that's what was called, but the enforcement was incorrect. On a free kick, the penalty for a foul by R during the kick is enforced from the previous spot.

[flowingafterglow]

I know the rule in the NFL would call it an out of bounds kick.

[ricknurkka]

Illegal Participation in AZ per our rules interpreter. I believe we have a play of the week on it this year.

[mattandsharoncook]

Illegal Participation here. He obviously has seen the YouTubes out there that call this "a smart play."

[DerekGreenfield-hb]

NFHS Case 9.6.2C outlines this exact play. Its Illegal Participation