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Singles are not awarded if a ball is downed in the end zone after being Intercepted in the end zone, or Fumble d outside the end zone, or if the kick hits the goalposts, or when a kickoff passes through the end zone or goes out of bonds in the end zone. In all these cases the defending team is awarded possession of the ball at the 25-yard line. Singles do not exist in American Football . In the National Football League , punts and missed short field goals that go out of the end zone are Touchback s, and the other team gets the ball on its 20-yard line. When a field goal is attempted from beyond the 20-yard line and is missed, the other team gets the ball at the spot of the kick. There is some controversy over the fact that a team that misses a field goal attempt in Canadian football can still score a single: some fans, particularly those accustomed to American football, see it as a reward for failure. However, Canadian football was always intended to be a game where field position was the key to success; thus the single reflects the defending team's inability to return to a position outside of their own end zone, something which in American football they would be given for free. The Canadian Football League has discussed abolishing the single, although proposals to do so as recently as 2005 have always been soundly rejected. In the official rules, the single point is also called a ''rouge'', but this term has vanished from everyday use. The word is French for "red", and originated at a time when the point was subtracted from the defending team's score. SEE ALSO |
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