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3.7.3 SITUATION A: B11 mistaken believes he is his teams 12th player and leaves the filed before the snap (a) on his opponents sideline, or (b) on his sideline and enters his team box. B11 then discovers his error and returns to the field on his teams side of the neutral zone before the snap. RULING: Legal in both (a) and (b). B11 is a player, not a replaced player nor a substitute. If done intentionally to gain an advantage, it is illegal participation foul or it could be an unsportsmanlike foul. If B11 returns to the field after the snap in either (a) or (b), it is a live-ball foul for illegal participation. (9-5-1f; 9-6-4d)
Unless there is a misprint here somewhere there is no foul for B11.
The rules are, however, very clear this year on any player entering the field during a play and that now being illegal participation.
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