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Originally Posted by Jim D
The NFL officials pretty much let the center do whatever he wants with the ball - I've never seen a center penalized for lifting, sliding, etc. the ball. By the same token, after the center slides the ball forward a yard or so, they don't worry too much about defensive lineman being a touch offsides.
These things are both illegal in the NFL, they just let both go.
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The other thing that kinda gets me is when the offense lines up in a V shape--that is, the interior lineman cleary aren't all on the LOS. This gets called once every couple of years. I still haven't figured out what a team does to be penalized for this or why they decide to enforce this so sporatically. I know the NFL is a business and it doesn't make money for a team to be penalized for the 'V' or for the snapper moving the ball, but I just don't understand how they decided when (and when not) to call this.