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The following are general types of penalty enforcement. Specific rules will vary depending on the league, conference, and/or level of football. Most penalties result in replaying the down and moving the ball toward the offending team's end zone. The distance is usually either 5, 10, or 15 yards depending on the penalty.
Helping the runner, also called assisting the runner and aiding the runner, is a penalty in gridiron football that occurs when an offensive player pulls or carries the ball carrier in order to gain additional yards. [1] Though originally a common call, the penalty has become extremely rare, having last been called at the professional level in 1991.
The Canadian Football League has similar definitions, prohibitions and exceptions, including that "application of [a] penalty is determined by the initial contact". [3] In most leagues, the penalty is 15 yards, and if committed by the defense, an automatic first down. [4] It is prohibited because it has the potential to cause injury or death. [5]
In high school football, the clock starts on the snap the entire game. A loose ball is out of bounds. The clock is restarted when a ball is returned to the field in the NFL. In NFHS and NCAA rules, this is the same as when the ball is carried out of bounds, although under NCAA rules, the clock starts [when?] after a forward fumble the entire game.
A blue card is frequently used in indoor football in the United States as a level below a yellow card for offenses such as breaking house safety rules, spitting on the field, committing minor physical fouls, or illegal substitutions, [23] signifying that the offender must leave the field and stay in a penalty box (usually 2–5 minutes), during ...
The NCAA football rules committee issued guidance Wednesday to close a loophole that allowed second-ranked Oregon to exploit an illegal substitution penalty late in its victory over Ohio State to ...
The NCAA issued a rules interpretation that will allow offenses to reset clock if 12 or more defenders participate in a play late in a half.
Michigan won the national championship at the end of the 2023 season after a 15-0 campaign. Harbaugh missed six of the team's games but returned for the Big Ten title game and the College Football ...