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Originally Posted by mapuc
Thank you. What type of penalties can the judges give a player/team ?
Markus
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The short answer is that almost all football game infractions involve a loss of yardage to the offender ranging from 5 yards to 15 yards but there is also "at the point of the foul" and "half the distance to the goal" penalties which might result in much more.
Sometimes it also includes a loss of a down, although usually the down is replayed which is why sometimes the penalty will be declined by the other team. If the offender is playing defense an automatic first down is often awarded to the other team along with the yardage penalty.
In rare cases the referees will eject a player from the game. Those situations usually involve fighting or some other really egregious behavior.