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Originally posted by Whistles & Stripes
Actually, it's not the snapper's waist, it's the waist of the person closest to them. That's why you can have a very defined V formation, where the end may be behind the waist of the snapper, and is still considered to be on the line as long as he is through the waist of the person closest to him.
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Sorry W&S, but you're confusing the definitions of a back and a lineman. You CANNOT have a defined V formation without someone being in "no man's land" (neither a back or a lineman)
2-30-3...A
back is any A player who has no part of his body breaking the plane of an imaginary line drawn parallel to the line of scrimmage through the
waist of the nearest teammate who is legally on the line, except for the player under the snapper, who is also considered a back.
2-30-9...A
lineman is any A player who is facing his opponent's goal line with the line of his shoulders approximately parallel thereto and with his head or foot breaking an imaginary plane drawn parallel to the line of scrimmage through the
waist of the snapper when the ball is snapped.
[Edited by Patton on Sep 30th, 2005 at 01:19 PM]