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Piggskin - at V and JV - no. We're told to call the foul there. At 9th and lower, I've often stepped out onto the field 3-4 steps so that I didn't see the player.
In this particular situation, however, it was 8th grade, but the kid was way out at the numbers when the ball was snapped.
What's getting me on this particular sitch, is that I even talked to a supervisor today - and he indicated that if you flag 12-men on the field and don't shut it down immediately - you HAVE to call it IP, and walk off 15. I don't think the rule is written that way, and I do think you can have a live-ball I.S., without assuming the kid is "participating" thus requiring IP. He is going to discuss with the chapter president - hopefully I'll get a accurate read of how they want us to call this.
We - as most of you - are taught to avoid the 15 on this, but I don't feel comfortable blowing it dead (penalizing the offense) in this scenario.
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