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Dick Honig förklarar
Dick Honig är kanske bäst kallad "Europas domares gudfader". Han har under flera år deltagit aktivt i arbetet att bygga upp den europeiska domarkåren. Han ställer alltid upp och svarar på frågor från domare i Europa.
Han har hållit ett flertal clinics i Europa och dessutom dömt en del matcher, samt utvärderat domare. I USA anses han vara en av de bästa NCAA domarna och i år dömde han finalen.
För mer information, kontakta Fereed Adus.
Sent in by Dick Honig:
Date 03-04-00
Team A 4th and 2 from B's 9 yard line.
A24 fumbles at the 6 yard line......the ball rolls into the end zone where B66 tries to recover.....he never has possesion and only knocks the ball into the arms of A28 who is prone on the ground in the end zone. A28 recovers the ball.
The question isn't is it a TD because we know by rule that the ball goes back to the spot of the fumble. But it is a first down to team A as the ball goes back to the spot of the fumble and that is beyond the line to gain.
QUESTION: Does the clock start on the snap or ready?
Answer: Clock starts on the snap - as you stopped the clock to award A a TD - unfortunately by rule it goes back to the spot of the fumble. After a score you start on the snap.
Date 010326
1) the umpire notices, before the ready to play on any scrimmage down, that defensive player #4 is bleeding and has the referee send this player out and #8 comes in for replacement. At this point all defense points out to the umpire that also the QB #12 is bleeding too. So the referee asks the qb to leave the field to get assistance, but he asks time-out to stay on the field. Time out is granted. At this point QB #12 was allowed to stay on the field, what about defense #4? Can he come back onto the field, as he didn't stay in the team area for a down?
ANSWER:
This is considered to be an injury timeout (if you have stopped the game to remove the player). Thus his team must take a timeout for him to return to the game - with one play being run. In your play defensive player #4 cannot return to the game during the timeout.
2) defensive players making abrupt movents within 1 yd from the LOS: a linebacker that is trying to "seize the moment" of the snap, by running close to line and then withdrawing from it right away, making a quick and abrupt movement, is he deemed to have committed a foul?
ANSWER
NO - the rule is for only defensive LINEMEN. If the linebacker would come up to the line of scrimmage and become stationary for a period of time - such that you would now consider him on the LOS would he be subject to this rule. In you case he has not fouled.
Date 010326
Dear Dick, I've got two questions about the answer in scenario
1). Firstly, the team could take a time-out and keep the QB on field for the next play if the clock was stopped for an injury but in this case surely he has to leave the field to be treated and can't just stay on field while still bleeding.
2), what happens if the QB's treatment is not completed by the end of the time-out?
ANSWER
A trainer could come on the field and repair the damage or the player could go to the sideline. It does not matter where the repair is made. Second - I would assume that this could be handled in a normal timeout and I would not hold them to the precise time - just be reasonable. If he could not be ready at the end of the timeout, he would have to wait until medical personnel cleared him to play. They could lose both the player and the timeout if the player is not ready in a reasonable time frame.
Date 010316
Our clinics have just begun and now there are the first questions regarding the "new" penalty enforcement. While reading the rulebook people find out, that there is a difference between the definition of the basic spot and Rule 10-2-2-c.
Rule 2-25-10 refers to the end of a run, while rule 10-2-2-c refers to the end of a running play. And while explaining your definition of running play (email from Sept 13th) they can1t find a change in rule 2-30-4, except that there is a new exception (Exception: Rule 9-3-3b Holding).
[the rulebook was done very poorly in regards to this rule and there has been much confusion here in the USA. It is much better to state exactly what the rule is then try to get it out of the rulebook.]
Simply stated - where the sum of all things - runs, fumbles, backward passes, leaves the ball at the end of the play - determines your enforcement spot. If the sum ends behind the LOS the basic spot is the previous spot - if the foul is behind the basic spot it is a spot foul. If the run ends beyond the LOS then the basic spot is the end of the sum - fouls behind that spot are spot fouls.
NOW - there is ONE EXCEPTION TO THE ABOVE - HOLDING - that exception says if the sum ends behind the LOS then the hold will always be enforced from the previous spot. When the sum ends beyond the LOS holding is enforced like any other foul.
Questions:
To make it as easy as possible - when the sum of what we used to consider individual running plays ends up behind the original line of scrimmage and there is a holding penalty called - it will be enforced from the previous spot.
[this is correct]
Is it this what the exception in 2-30-4 means?
[yes - and the above statement is exactly correct]
And if this is valid for holding, what about other fouls?
[Holding is a separate issue and penalized differently then other fouls. Holding is always a previous spot enforcement if the sum of the runs ends behind the LOS and is always a basic spot foul if the sum of the runs ends beyond the LOS]
How have you enforced your penalties, except holding, this year ?-
[where the end of the sum of the runs ends will tell you the enforcement spot. Example - if the sum of runs ends end behind the LOS then the basic spot for enforcement is the previous spot - if the foul is behind the basic spot it is a spot foul. If the foul is in advance of the basic spot - penalize from the basic spot. This is exactly how we did it in the past except we used the related run not the sum of the runs]
And do you have had some changes in the mechanics regarding the rule changes this year. Where ends the running play, if there is a fumble or a backward pass forward out of bounds or backward out of bounds.
[there is no change in the mechanics - you first need to determine where the run ends - wherever the rules leave the ball with regard to backward passes and fumbles out of bounds - when all of that is done - the ball is either behind or beyond the LOS and you enforce according to that spot]
Intentional Grounding & Roughing the Passer - Dick Honig
Intentional Grounding - New 2000
In the pocket - pocket defined as from tackle to tackle
To have intentional grounding you must be "under duress"
The QB can legally ground the ball forward at any time when not under duress
If the passer steps up in the pocket and delivers a pass- he is never considered to be under duress
If the passer retreats backward or to the sides but not out of the pocket - and he does not throw the ball to an eligible receiver that is in a position to catch the ball - he has committed intentional grounding.
Outside the pocket
The QB when "under duress" can avoid a sack by throwing the ball to at least the line of scrimmage.
The ball does not have to hit in fair territory - it just needs to reach the LOS extended.
The QB when out of the pocket and not "under duress" can legally ground the ball forward at any time and in any way.
NOTE: it will still be necessary to get help from the line judge and the linesman as to whether the ball has crossed the LOS - rule of thumb on a pass that is close to the LOS (it has crosses)
Roughing the Passer
What constitutes roughing ?
- Steps - two or more steps after the ball is released.
- Hits to the head.
- Strikes with forearm blow
- Uses helmet to inflict punishment
When can the QB be legally hit?
- After the ball is touched and he is no longer a passer (so if we have a penalty is a personal foul)
- Can there be roughing on a backward pass- no (this would be a personal foul)
- Can we have roughing on a pass that does not cross the LOS - yes (if it is a legal forward pass)