Among the extensive rulebooks governing American football, several highly unusual and rarely enforced penalties and officiating decisions exist, with a fair catch kick standing out as one of the most uncommon procedural plays in the sport. Under this obscure rule, if a team catches a punt cleanly on a fair catch, they are legally permitted to attempt a free field goal from the spot of the catch on the very next play, with the opposing team forced to line up ten yards away without being allowed to rush. Because modern field goal kickers and strategic clock management make standard offensive drives vastly more efficient, witnessing a fair catch kick called and attempted in a modern professional or collegiate game is an extreme rarity.