I know the rule in college and the pros. What is the rule in high school. The referees in the Danville/Somerset game penalized the Jumpers five yards from the spot of the foul and loss of down. Seems harsh. The NFL is a spot foul. Why is high school more strict? Or were the officials wrong?

It is loss of down in college as well as the pros.

I know the rule in college and the pros. What is the rule in high school. The referees in the Danville/Somerset game penalized the Jumpers five yards from the spot of the foul and loss of down. Seems harsh. The NFL is a spot foul. Why is high school more strict? Or were the officials wrong?

 

It is a loss of down.

 

An offensive pass interference call went against Corbin late in the 4th quarter in their 3 OT playoff loss last year that more than likely prevented them from running out the clock and advancing to the regional finals.

 

It does seem to be a harsh rule(especially when the offensive player does not actually touch the defender:confused: )when compared to the college and pro rule.

But what is the rule in high school? Anyone have the exact rule?

Are you asking about the rule, what constitutes intentional grounding. Or what is the penalty for intentional grounding.

It is a loss of down.

 

An offensive pass interference call went against Corbin late in the 4th quarter in their 3 OT playoff loss last year that more than likely prevented them from running out the clock and advancing to the regional finals.

 

It does seem to be a harsh rule(especially when the offensive player does not actually touch the defender:confused: )when compared to the college and pro rule.

 

 

Wait a min, 4...he's asking about "intentional grounding", NOT "O interference"...

 

If I understand the rule correctly, intentional grounding is 5 yds from the spot of the foul and loss of down. It's less harshly penalized at the high school level than college and pros, depending of course, on how far back the QB has scrambled.

 

- in researching this, I found something I didn't know... If an offensive player commits a "hold" in his own end-zone, the defense is offered a safety...-

Intentional Grounding: "a pass intentionally thrown into an area not occupied by an eligible offensive receiver or a pass thrown incomplete to save loss of yardage or to conserve time."

 

Penalty: (NFHS) 5 yards from the spot of the pass and loss of down.

 

offside

Wait a min, 4...he's asking about "intentional grounding", NOT "O interference"...

 

If I understand the rule correctly, intentional grounding is 5 yds from the previous LOS and loss of down. It's less harshly penalized at the high school level than college and pros.

 

Oops.

 

There was an intentional grounding call made this year against Oldham Co. and they only gave them a 5 yard penalty with no loss of down. I had always thought that it was a loss of down, but it was not on this occasion.

If it wasn't loss of down there would be lots of people who would intentionally ground the ball to avoid a sack, take the 5 yard penalty but get to replay the down.

Here is what I found on wikipedia:

 

NFL penalty: 10 yards or spot of foul, whichever is farther from the original line of scrimmage, and loss of down. If the penalty occurs with less than a minute left in the 1st or 2nd half, a 10-second penalty is also enforced. If it occurs with 10 seconds or less left, the half automatically ends. The 10-second runoff does not apply if the penalized team uses any of the alloted time-outs in lieu of the runoff. The defense, unfortunately, is not credited for a QB sack on intentional grounding penalties.

 

College penalty: Spot of foul and loss of down; defense awarded a quarterback sack in some leagues.

 

In both NFL and college, intentional grounding from the offensive team's own end zone constitutes an automatic safety unless the defense chooses to decline the penalty, which might only ever happen if the infraction had occurred on a fourth-down play. If the quarterback has moved outside of the area between his offensive tackles (the "pocket"), there is no penalty for grounding the ball if the quarterback throws the ball past the line of scrimmage. There is also no penalty for "spiking" the ball to stop the game clock, by throwing it directly into the ground. However, such an action must be executed immediately after the snap of the ball, before the quarterback demonstrates intent to make a forward pass.

 

High school penalty: 5 yards from the spot of the foul and loss of down; defense credited with a quarterback sack.

 

High school is the harshest penalty of college, pro or high school.

Wait a min, 4...he's asking about "intentional grounding", NOT "O interference"...

 

If I understand the rule correctly, intentional grounding is 5 yds from the spot of the foul and loss of down. It's less harshly penalized at the high school level than college and pros, depending of course, on how far back the QB has scrambled.

 

- in researching this, I found something I didn't know... If an offensive player commits a "hold" in his own end-zone, the defense is offered a safety...-

 

Actually, see my previous post. It is more severly punished at the high school level than college or pro.

...we don't need no stinkin' wikipedia.

 

offside

...we don't need no stinkin' wikipedia.

 

offside

 

Sorry but I could not find the NFHS rules on any website and this is the first website that I found that set out the rules. If someone has a link to the rules that would be great.