2024 NFHS FOOTBALL CASE
PLAYS - RULE 2 (DEFINITIONS OF
PLAYING TERMS) EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
2.8 SITUATION A:
After the ball is marked ready for play for a scrimmage down:
(a) B1 enters the neutral zone to give defensive signals; or
(b) B2, the nose guard, places his hand on the ground so that it is in contact
with the ball.
After the ready-for-play signal and the snapper places hand(s) on the ball:
(c) A1 or B3 break the plane of the neutral zone; or
(d) B1 is conferring with his coach and is on A's side of the neutral zone. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-RULING: Encroachment in (a), (b), (c) and (d). Whenever
a player is illegally in the neutral zone, it is encroachment. (7-1, 7-2)
2.8 SITUATION B:
After the ball is marked ready for play for a free kick, but before it is kicked:
(a) place-kick holder K1 kneels so one leg and part of his body are beyond
K's free-kick line; or
(b) K2 who is near the kicker or the place-kick holder is beyond K's free-kick
line before the ball is kicked. - CORRECT ANSWERS-RULING: In (a), it is
permissible for the place-kick holder or the kicker to be beyond the free-kick
line prior to the time the ball is kicked. In (b), it is encroachment for any
other player to be beyond his free-kick line prior to the time the ball is
kicked.
Contact against a defenseless passer, that is not judged excessive per 9-4-
3g.
a) Is contact allowed?
b) Penalty if not illegal helmet contact or targeting? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a)
yes
b) No foul if contact is legal and not late; otherwise roughing the passer. (9-
4-4)
Contact against a defenseless receiver attempting to catch a pass who has
not had time to clearly become a runner, that is not judged excessive per 9-
4-3g.
, a) Is contact allowed?
b) Penalty if not illegal helmet contact or targeting? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a)
yes
b) No foul if contact is legal and not late; otherwise unnecessary roughness.
(9-4-3g)
Contact against a defenseless intended receiver of a pass in the action
during and immediately following an interception or potential interception.,
that is not judged excessive per 9-4-3g.
a) Is contact allowed?
b) Penalty if not illegal helmet contact or targeting? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a)
yes
b) For an interception, no foul. For a potential interception, no foul if contact
is unavoidable and not late; otherwise unnecessary roughness. (9-4-3g)
Contact against a defenseless runner already in the grasp of a tackler and
whose forward progress has been stopped, that is not judged excessive per
9-4-3g.
a) Is contact allowed?
b) Penalty if not illegal helmet contact or targeting? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a)
no
b) Unnecessary roughness. (9-4-3g)
Contact against a defenseless koff or punt returner attempting to catch or
recover a kick, or one who has completed a catch or recovery and has not
had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier, that is
not judged excessive per 9-4-3g.
a) Is contact allowed?
b) Penalty if not illegal helmet contact or targeting? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a)
yes
b) For an attempt to catch, kick catching interference. (6-5-6) For an attempt
to recover, no foul. For a completed catch or recovery, no foul.
Contact against a defenseless player on the ground including a ball carrier
who has obviously given himself up and is sliding feet first, that is not judged
excessive per 9-4-3g.
a) Is contact allowed?
b) Penalty if not illegal helmet contact or targeting? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a)
no
b) Unnecessary roughness. (9-4-3g)
Contact against a defenseless player obviously out of the play or not in the
immediate vicinity of the runner, that is not judged excessive per 9-4-3g.
a) Is contact allowed?
b) Penalty if not illegal helmet contact or targeting? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a)
no
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