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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
Think about this one: if illegal motion were administered as 3-and-1 (all but one) rather than as a foul occurring with the snap, where would you say the foul occurred??  This is why all the fouls relating to requirements to put the ball in play have to relate to the spot from which the ball was (to be) put in play.
BTW, it's different in Rugby Union. If the ball comes out of a scrum here, and a player had gone offside way over yonder, it's where the player broke the offside line that the penalty is from, which can result in the spot's moving laterally a long way.
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Not all fouls simultaneous with the snap occur at the LOS. An illegal motion foul could easy occur several yards behind the LOS. Same for an illegal shift, if it were backs, or an illegal substitution where the player didn't get off the field and was behind his teams LOS. I get your point though.