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What's the advantage to having a lineman line up facing a sideline rather than the opponent's goal line..? I don't know, but that doesn't make it legal...
For this case, here's a good way to look at the reasoning: For a scrimmage down, the official spots the ball, and the ball must be snapped from that place... For a free kick ball, the official doesn't spot the ball, since each kicker likes to tee up their ball in their own special way... But the official is there to make sure the ball is in the right place... Consider that the equivalent of spotting the ball... Once done, it must be put in play from that spot...
Plus, it's always possible that in moving the ball left or right, they move it up or back a few inches...
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