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Originally posted by James Neil
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
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REPLY: I agree with you Jim, but remember that the foul is for illegal participation...not USC. USC would be a succeeding spot enforcement, which would mean that any score by the offending team would stand. Can't have that now, can we? But the IP is a live ball foul penalized from the basic spot which in my book would be the previous spot since it would be a foul simultaneous with the snap.