Palpably unfair acts

[Last updated 10/10/2023: North Carolina State touchdown from 1971.] What happens when something obviously unfair yet not specifically covered by the rules happens during a football game? The palpably unfair act rule gives the referee full discretion to decide what should happen when such events occur, up to and including awarding one

Another Potential Palpably Unfair Play

Bumping this after the Giants put 12 men on the field with 17 seconds left ... Rex Ryan, on protecting against end-of-game punt returns like DeSean Jackson's: I know my dad, I think they've changed the rules since then, but he used to have a punt team, in that exact