QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 19, 2013 -> 12:33 PM)
I would, yes.
We don't have a rule that says a holding penalty can be changed because the hold was on the other side of the field. The officials aren't in the business of determining whether illegal blocks in the back on kickoff/punt returns would have actually impacted the return. If there is a block in the back, there is a block in the back and they throw the flag.
I don't know why we need to have this special exception here.