[kd0254]

I think we got this quasi-right but I am looking for opinions. . . . . .

First off, not by choice but I worked my first JV football game of the year yesterday night. (We are going into the fourth week of the season in Michigan) I have worked 5 varsity games but my schedule and conflicting issues with girls BB games on Thursday nights made last night the first night of the year I got to work a four man crew.

We usually count on our BJ to confirm the # of defensive players, so in four man L and LJ have to get it done. I, (L) got my count done as the 11th team B player was hustling off the field. Team A had the ball around Team B's 10 yard line and it was like 2nd and 6. Once this 11th man go about 15 yard from his coaches and on the other side of the LOS his coach yelled at him to get back into the play. I thought for a second and flagged and stopped the play about 2 seconds after team A had snapped it. We called a deadball penalty for encroachment.

This was kind of bugging me (probably because I have never seen/read about it before). If the kid would have just ran off to his own side line would you still have encroachment if he got off the field before the snap, or could you have a liveball simultaneous with the snap penalty for IS? Looking for any comments.