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Subtle difference
Coach Jim,
There is a difference between the legal and illegal deception. The case book concedes that football is a game of deception. However, that deception should be limited to what can occur during a given play/down, and not between plays/downs. The infamous Where's the Tee play was a specific example used in the case book to highlight the fact that deception can be illegal when it fails to pass the sportmanlike test. In that play, before the play even starts, the offense uses words and actions not related to the play to deceive the defense into thinking a play will not even take place. This is to be differentiated from a fake field goal for example, or the play action fake you referred to. Those plays use legally deceptive acts to lure the defense into thinking something will happen during a play that actually will not.
In simple terms this is the difference between what kind of action will take place, versus whether any will or not.
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