You can't waive off like that and catch the ball. It's impossible as your hands are unable to catch the ball in that pose. The reason doing that normally results in a touchback is because the ball lands in the endzone. The return man could instead do the electric slide and still get the touchback. The hand signal is completely and absolutely meaningless.
It's stupid ass officials not knowing the rules, return guys have waived off blockers forever and tried to return punts. 99 times out of 100 it results in the return man getting hammered. The rule was put in place because Arkansas quit on a punt against North Texas a few years ago and they returned it for a touchdown
Yes...they didn't blitz him, for some reason they rushed 4 and left 8 in zone. You aren't very good at this bassman
Wherever it was first caught. Can’t advance. And since the player that waved off wasn’t the one that who caught it, it doesn’t come out to the 25.
No. You could wave and then raise your hands to catch like the Iowa punt receiver did - and that was called an invalid fair catch and his return negated.
He escaped the pocket. Picked up critical yards with his feet and extended plays. Statues don’t do that. Still can’t admit you’re wrong, lol.
If he just held them out and didn’t bring them back in, waving out and in, then I think per the rule book you have a case. I’ve only seen one video (from the replay during the game and they froze it with his arms out) and a picture. I’m not sure if he waved or not.
I think it is. I just read the rule book and what the Iowa kid did was an invalid fair catch signal as far as I can tell. Any waving motion that isn’t a valid fair catch signal (hand above head waving side to side more than once). Based on the rule book definition of invalid fair catch why would you say it isn’t?
