Illegal Participation
Havent had this come up or anything, just was thinking about it.
Has anyone ever thought about the way to enforce illegal participation...when say there are 12 Team B members on a play (yeah, I know we nail them with Illegal Sub. before the snap, but nevertheless...) and Team A gains 16 or more yards on the play.
For enforcement we say... accept and we give them 15 from the previous spot, or decline and take the ball where you were tackled. In this case (more than what the penalty is giving them)
What is to say that it's the 12th man that made the tackle, and that A would have had more yards on the play, had the defense only been playing with 11.
Seems like a special enforcement simliar to Roughing the passer would be appropriate for a situation like that.
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