How does descoring work?

[legotech25]

Originally Posted by icdumbpeeps305

You cannot be over 6' high in your opponent's home stretch, so you must go under the overpass in order to reach high enough to descore the ball. BUT, when you go under the overpass, you cannot touch the ball because you would then break the plane of the opponent's finishline, causing you to recieve a penalty.

This seems like a vicious circle to me.

But does the finish line tape count as the home stretch or not? chances are it does, but then our only access point is the two or so inches that extend past the pvc...