2007-01-12 01:39:44 · 4 answers · asked by reggaekid 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
The rules are specific...If the QB takes the snap and spikes the ball to kill the clock it is a legal play...This was put in several years ago and wasn't always legal...The QB cannot take more than one step back and MUST spike the ball forward...If they spike it laterally, it is a fumble and the ball is still alive!
The rules vary in NFL, College and High School on intentional grounding!
In HS there is no "outside the tackles" rule...If the HS QB takes more than one step back, they cannot legally intentionally ground the ball like you see in the NFL.
2007-01-12 01:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by camaulds 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Spiking is the stop the clock and is a legal play. IG is throwing in an area with no feesible reciever. The difference between this and a "throw away" is that it is the IG penalty if the QB is between the 2 tackles (the pocket does not have to be all neat, it can be mangled and spread out, and he could be back so far that the pocket isn't protecting him). Only when he is outside does the throw-away become legal.
2007-01-12 09:51:00 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Spiking the ball is an accepted for of an incomplete pass used to stop the clock. Intentional grounding is when the QB is still in the 'pocket' and attempts a pass where none of his receivers is in the target area.
2007-01-12 09:45:57 · answer #3 · answered by Maverick 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Its just that the spike by the QB to stop the clock has become such an integral part of the game that they let it go.
Plus, the spike isnt to avoid a sack, like intentional grounding is.
Its just to stop the clock.
2007-01-12 09:43:56 · answer #4 · answered by JusticeManEsq 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋