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Originally Posted by Mike L
Personally, I take the term "initial position" to mean just that, the initial position assumed prior to shifts/motions.
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How far would you take that? Suppose they lined up:
..............50.........51.........52...........5 3...........80.............54
........46........47.....................48....... ......................49
and #10 ten yards behind the snapper. And then they shifted into:
......46.....50..........51.........52.....48..... 53..........80
.....................47........................... ........................49.....54
with #10 still ten yards behind the snapper. The way they first lined up was an illegal formation just for not having 7 on the line, although they did have five numbered 50-79. Does 80 become eligible after the shift, or does the way they lined up first "not count" as "initial position" because they couldn't've legally snapped the ball from it?
Robert