1. PAT - Swinging Gate ie entire line to the left sideline while the snapper and kicker are lined up normally. What constitues a penalty on the line when they shift over to their normal positions? I saw a penalty called in the Boone-Ryle game.

 

2. Punt - punting team, in an effort to keep the ball out of the endzone, bats the ball back into play and it hits a member of the receiving team. Am I correct that the receiving team is safe due to an illegal touch by the punt team?

The snapper must have touched the ball before they moved back into postion. If they moved after the center touched the ball it would have been a false start.

1. PAT - Swinging Gate ie entire line to the left sideline while the snapper and kicker are lined up normally. What constitues a penalty on the line when they shift over to their normal positions? I saw a penalty called in the Boone-Ryle game.

 

2. Punt - punting team, in an effort to keep the ball out of the endzone, bats the ball back into play and it hits a member of the receiving team. Am I correct that the receiving team is safe due to an illegal touch by the punt team?

 

 

on the swinging gate, there are generally one of three penalities that may be called:

 

first, if the center touches the ball, there may be no movement on the lineman. This would be a false start.

 

second, if the linemen, when they shift, cross into the neutral zone.

 

or lastly, if during the snap there are not enough people on the line of scrimmage. This happens alot when they snap while the line is over to teh side instead of reshifting.

 

On #2. you don't specify if the ball crosses into the end zone. If the ball breaks the vertical plane of the endzone, it is immediately dead and is a touchback. This rule differs from college and pros. If it does not break the vertical plane of the goal line, then the receiving team may have the choice of the result of the play or at the firsat touching by the kicking team., which would be where he bats it.