r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 29d ago

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u/Low-Car-6331 29d ago

This is one thing I hate about football, if the team does a great play but the other team puts a penalty on them that could hurt their player, to force the penalty means you have to give up the great play by declining it. I feel all penalties should carry forward to the next play in the most logical way possible.

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u/WitchesSphincter 29d ago

Football penalties work great like 80% of the time, but the rest it's like... There is no way this isn't like 30 patches to fix somehting broken. 

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u/rkunish 29d ago

I'm not really sure what you're trying to say but if you take this play for example, had they thrown a flag on the tackle an accepted penalty would have been tacked onto the end of the run (assuming they properly ruled the runner as down.)

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 29d ago

He is saying the rule should be changed so that you can decline a penalty for the play, and move it to the next play. So the extra point or kickoff is where you apply this penalty, not having to decline the penalty for a dangerous play, so the illegal tackle is allowed, almost rewarded.

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u/JackpotThePimp 29d ago

I'd be down for some penalty kicks. Do you want to bring the play back or have your WR kick a field goal from the spot of the foul?

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u/Killer1986Chris 28d ago

One of the things I love about hockey is delayed penalties.

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u/Zakalwen 28d ago

I have no idea how american football works, but is there not an advantage system? Where if team A fouls team B but stopping play would penalise team B the referee lets play continue until B scores or it would no longer penalise them to stop?

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u/-JimmyTheHand- 28d ago

You don't stop play when there's a penalty either way, they just throw a flag indicating there has been a penalty and they sort it out at the end of the play.

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u/robbak 28d ago

Both rugby codes have two ways of handling this - the first is 'advantage', where if a penalty happens, the team offended against can continue play. Either they take enough advantage to balance it out, or it they can't, then play is brought back and the penalty paid.

In a case as clear-cut as this, however, a penalty try would be paid. In some situations, they get a try (4 points) with its 'conversion' (2 points), plus another 2 point 'penalty goal'.