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Old Thu Sep 13, 2001, 08:52am
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The word delay does not appear in your original post, so I'm unsure as to how you specifically noted that "K does DELAY."

When you post on a board such as this, you can't just use a word without using it in the proper context from the rule book. For example, on a football discussion board and in the rulebook, the word "catch" means that a player has possessed a ball in flight and returned to the ground inbounds. It does not mean that he just caught the ball.

The word "delay" means that a team has violated some portion of 3-6-2. Rule 3-6 is the only place that the word appears in the rule book. On a football discussion board and in the rule book, the word "delay" does not mean that they took their time sending their punt team onto the field.

When I make the statement, "As long as they don't delay," that means as long as K does not delay the game by allowing the 25 second clock to expire, they have not committed any foul. Did they? If they did, then that's the flag that should have been thrown.

As long as players are running off the field, subs are running on, no more than 11 are in the huddle at a given time, and all other substitution requirements are met, this strategy is legal. B always has the option of keeping the same 11 on the field or requesting TO if they have an timeouts available.

Some things do smell of deception. But football is a game of deception. Unless such a play is specifically addressed or interpreted in the rulebook or casebook, such as the QB in motion play that we've been discussing, then it is legal. I think you'd have a hard time selling this one as illegal.

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