Kickoff Rules Question

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by albany ed

Under the new rules, Kickoffs are made from the 35-yardline. I've noticed that in the pre-season some kickers have trouble booming the kick and managing to get it inside the 10. The ball winds up in the end zone, and the team gets to start with the ball at the 35. This made me curious ...... could the kicker place the ball at the 30-yardline and boom it, or must it be placed on the 35 ???

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I suppose that the kicking team could always intentionally take a 5-yard delay-of-game penalty if they really wanted to kick-off from the 30-yardline ...... but then all of the opposing teams would eventually catch on, and start declining the penalty ...... they could go back-and-forth with this for hours on end before somebody gives in, and stops trying to fight overt those 5 yards.

If your kicker has a real cannon for a leg, you could then resort to instructing the worst player on your team (who probably isn't going to play, anyway) to punch the opposing head coach in the stomach in order to get a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.

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