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Yes, and being outside the tackles and throwing it passed the line of scrimmage does not matter. Can't throw the ball away in high school. There has to be a receiver in the area. Or throw the ball backwards out of bounds for a loss.
The penalty is a 5-Yard " Delay of Game " penalty
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No. An illegal formation penalty does not stop play. The play is only negated if the defense accepts the penalty after the play is over.
They can decline the penalty, yes... but there would be no reason to decline it, because in high school this is a dead ball foul and the play is immediately blown dead.
Yes. Play is stopped the moment the defender crosses into the neutral zone. Technically, this is called "encroachment." There is no "offsides" foul in high school football.
no, there is no penalty in the rulebook.
yes but the game can only end on a defensive penalty if it is declined by the offensive team
In American Football, hitting another player with the top of your helmet used to be called spearing but is now called "targeting with the crown of your helmet". It is a 15 yard penalty if committed by an offensive player and a 15 yards / automatic 1st down if called against a defensive player. The yards are added to the end of the play if called against a defensive player.
If the penalty requires that a down be replayed, then that down is still part of the quarter that has just ended. Therefore, the period is extended by an untimed down, so that the down can be replayed before the next period begins.
Same as in all levels of football: 5 yards for illegal substitution. The exception would be if 12 people actually participate in the play. That's illegal participation, which is 15 yards.
Passing a stopped school bus carries a penalty of how many point