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  • The opposing team (team receiving the benefit of the penalty) has the option of taking or declining the penalty. There are actually times when the completed play would actually be worth more than the penalty. Take for instance that the penalty gives you 5 yards 4th down but the completed play resulted in 20 yards 1st down. In this case, you would want to decline the penalty and take the completed play.
  • the team benifiting from the penalty has decided to no accept the penalty and continue playing

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