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Originally posted by ljudge
Your question about this being an illegal formation wasn't really answered, only whether the player was eligible and what the requirements are.
First, the NFL does call an ineligible on the end of line without reporting an illegal formation. That's the way I understand the rules at that level to work.
But, let's talk about this level with respect to formations. Even if the player is ineligible, it has nothing to do with whether the formation is legal or not. All you need to determine if the formation is legal is that at least 7 men are legally on the line of scrimmage...that's it. If you got at least 7 men legally on the line you have a legal formation.
You do have to have at least 5 guys numbered 50-79 (see exception) but in youth football we usually ignore that aspect of numbering too. But even if you followed that rule it's still not an illegal formation, but rather, a foul for illegal numbering.
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I had, in a varsity game, number 23 line up as the snapper with ALL the other linemen to his left. We had 5 players numbered 50-79 on the line and seven on the line of scrimmage. Weird stuff.
What was even stranger is that the defensive linemen followed the offensive linemen rather than lining up on the ball.