The no yards rule?

Question

okay, what is the penalty for the "no yards rule"

i know, about the 5 yard infraction and letting the receiving team receive... but, how many penalty yards occur?

Answer 1

15 yards.

Answer 2

It's actually two stages.  If the infraction occurs while the kick is still in the air it's 15 yards but, once it hits the ground the penalty is only 5 yards.  Personally, if they let the ball hit the ground, the no-yards rule should be waived.  I'm all for giving the returner a shot but, some returnersdeliberately try to get the penalty by faking the cover guys out.

Answer 3

it used to be a 5 yard penalty but about 2 or 3 years ago they changed it to a 15 yard penalty due to the fact that a lot of teams would rather take the no yards then allow a return for a TD so they changed it to 15 yards to keep teams from doing so