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noname2200 said:

I'm fairly sure the refs knew it was a penalty at the time. I can only hazard that they didn't throw the flag because they figured the batting was meaningless to the outcome. I can't really recall them penalizing a punter for batting it out of his own end zone, for example.

They do penalize them for that, its called a safety



                                           

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