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Originally Posted by ABO77
Bob Im still trying to understand the QB exception if there is one for Fed...Ill look it up.
And yes two players in motion is Illegal motion, but I think its an illegal shift too. I would of just called this an Illegal shift.
My last post definitely had some holes in it.
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REPLY: I just used the QB play as an example. All I was trying to get at is that the Fed definition of 'shift' involves the movement of
one or more players to a new set position. So even if one player moved to a new position and reset, everyone needs to be stopped for that one required second. If the snap goes off less than a second after he sets, you have an illegal shift. NCAA rules are different because their definition of a shift requires two or more players to new set positions. So the play I gave would be legal in an NCAA game.
As for two players in motion, it can only be an illegal shift if:
(a) they began moving less than a second after the rest of their team was set, or
(b) one of them stopped just prior to the snap (in which case it couldn't be illegal motion).