April 21, 201411 yr comment_47352 Think of it this way...any ball kicked through the other team's endzone is a point. Not true completely. The ball has to be touched. Actually, that's only during a kickoff that it needs to be touched. Any other time it just needs to be kicked through the end zone. "In Canadian football, a single (single point, or rouge), scoring one point, is awarded when the ball is kicked into the end zone by any legal means, other than a successful field goal, and the receiving team does not return, or kick, the ball out of its end zone. It is also a single if the kick travels through the end zone or goes out of bounds in the end zone without being touched, except on a kickoff. After conceding a single, the receiving team is awarded possession of the ball at the 35-yard line of its own end of the field. Singles are not awarded in the following situations: if a ball is downed in the end zone after being intercepted in the end zone if a ball is fumbled outside the end zone if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball) when a kickoff goes into the end zone and then out of bounds without being touched In all these cases the defending team is awarded possession of the ball at the 25-yard line."
April 21, 201411 yr comment_47353 Yeah, for a newcomer to the CFL the only rule with the rouge he really has to know is that if it's a tie game and Robert Marve drives down to the 15 with 2 seconds left on the clock and the field goal team is coming out...the Bombers are probably going to win regardless if the FG is made or not.
April 21, 201411 yr comment_47370 Think of it this way...any ball kicked through the other team's endzone is a point. Not true completely. The ball has to be touched. Actually, that's only during a kickoff that it needs to be touched. Any other time it just needs to be kicked through the end zone. "In Canadian football, a single (single point, or rouge), scoring one point, is awarded when the ball is kicked into the end zone by any legal means, other than a successful field goal, and the receiving team does not return, or kick, the ball out of its end zone. It is also a single if the kick travels through the end zone or goes out of bounds in the end zone without being touched, except on a kickoff. After conceding a single, the receiving team is awarded possession of the ball at the 35-yard line of its own end of the field. Singles are not awarded in the following situations: if a ball is downed in the end zone after being intercepted in the end zone if a ball is fumbled outside the end zone if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball) when a kickoff goes into the end zone and then out of bounds without being touched In all these cases the defending team is awarded possession of the ball at the 25-yard line." I stand corrected. Shouldn't have left out, "on a kickoff"...
April 22, 201411 yr comment_47487 if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball) This isn't 100% accurate. It is true if the ball hits the uprights in the air. If it bounces first, then hits the goal post, it is a live ball. I was sitting with a bunch of senior rules officials in the stands at the Canada Cup in Saskatoon in 2009 when this happened. There was quite a discussion between the coaches and the game officials, as the coach was arguing that the ball was dead, but the game officials ruled it live and awarded a rouge when it was downed in the endzone. The senior rules officials that I was with verified that the game officials got it right.
April 23, 201411 yr comment_47528 if the kicked ball hits the goalposts (since the 1970s; before then it was a live ball) This isn't 100% accurate. It is true if the ball hits the uprights in the air. If it bounces first, then hits the goal post, it is a live ball. I was sitting with a bunch of senior rules officials in the stands at the Canada Cup in Saskatoon in 2009 when this happened. There was quite a discussion between the coaches and the game officials, as the coach was arguing that the ball was dead, but the game officials ruled it live and awarded a rouge when it was downed in the endzone. The senior rules officials that I was with verified that the game officials got it right. It's from wikipedia so take it for what it is.
April 23, 201411 yr comment_47529 There is a downloadable copy of the rule book at CFL.ca in the Fan Zone section. They have the 2013 version still up and here's the link: http://cfl.uploads.mrx.ca/league/downloads/en/downloads/2014/01/2013-cfl-rule-book2014015205.pdf
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