[Dr. Sivana]

saw where the punter got his kick off, did an Oscar winning performance of getting ‘dumped’ etc and I figured no foul...

The old rule was ANY contact with the punter was "running into the kicker", unless you actually blocked the kick. It didn't matter what kind of actor the punter was. DON'T touch him unless you actually block the kick.

It worked well enough.

Also, a face mask was a face mask . . . period. If you don't want a 15 yard penalty, DON'T touch it. None of this flagrant stuff. Foorball should strive on having as few rules as possible based on "intent". That is where your acting comes from.

[xrmusn]

The old rule was ANY contact with the punter was “running into the kicker”
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I thought it was something like that but the way I interpreted what the talking head was saying if the punter has to take evasive action (like jumping out of the way)it is ‘roughing’....
Like the QB, if they were ‘forced’ to stand in one spot and set up and throw and/or kick, could maybe see it.

But when he gets payed to throw or kick and I get payed to make sure you don’t, you get to use evasive actions and I have to play to a script.....

One of the reasons I have such a disconnect with FB and Baseball is going down that same road - especially with the replays... Takes the game out of the Umpires hands UNLESS he gets ‘fined’ for a turnover or bad call - OR at least get the same punishment a Pitcher gets if HE, THE UMPIRE, THINKS the P is throwing too close to the batter.