Isn’t it time for a rule change?

Two high school football rules that need to be changed involve defensive pass interference and spotting the ball following a failed field goal attempt.


Penalizing a defender for pass interference by awarding the offensive team 15 yards and a first down sounds severe enough, but in reality, it isn’t much of a deterent when the defender realizes he is beaten on the play and, in jeopardy of perhaps giving up a touchdown, chooses to foul the receiver intentionally. As in the professional game, doesn’t it seem more logical to give the offense the ball at the spot of the infraction?
Following a missed field goal attempt that reaches the end zone, shouldn’t the ball be turned over to the defending team at the original line of scrimmage rather than placed at the 20-yard line, which in essence pretty much negates what had been a strong defensive effort?

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