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Originally posted by cjb75
team A has the ball, calls time out , 5 seconds remaining in the first half.
the coach goes to the team on the fourty yard line.
the 11th player appears to walk off the field, but stops 2 yards from the side line, never leaving the field.
time out is over. team A breaks the huddle and quickly snaps the ball throwing a bomg to the "sleeper".
question: is this play legal?
must every player break from the huddle?
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NF 7-2-1 . After the ball is ready for play, each player of A must have been, momentarily, within 15 yards of the ball before the snap. Thats just a formation foul for this play and only carry a 5 yard penalty. What I think it deserves is an unsportsman-like for using a pretend substitution to gain an unfair advantage. Tell the coach something like Football has been and always will be a game of deception and trickery involving multiple shifts, unusual formations and creative plays. However.... This isnt one of them