[KurtBryan]

Dear Officials:

Here you go from another board. This man wrote an excellent post and well said.

Gentlemen,

The spirit of rule for the scrimmage kick formation is written so that a coach can place any (defensive) player in any position regardless of his jersey number...and to protect the center. It does not state anywhere that you must kick so the fake kick is always an option. The A-11 simply fakes that kick mostly / always. Nowhere does the rulebook state that you can only align to kick on 4th down either.

Perfectly legal offense under NFHS rules.

As far as making a travesty of the game in the opinion of the officials. The A-11 does nothing intentional to the opposition that would delay the game, illegally deceive or mock unless of course you don’t coach up your defense to recognize formations. Therein would be the travesty.

The rules committee agreed and approved the system.

The word loophole seems to be the common buzzword. That tax comparison baffles me. Ask yourself this…. if you diligently pay your taxes right off the form sheets and don’t take advantage of the “loopholes” (deductions) that legally exist…are you paying too much? I say the coaches at Piedmont simply know their rulebook better than the average Joe and take full advantage of it. Good for them. No reason to get chippy with them….you wouldn’t treat your CPA this way…right?

Maybe it would be best to define the spirit of the game because I don’t see the problem here.

For me it is simply to win without cheating or endangering any player. Piedmont certainly isn’t cheating with a bunch of pretty boy receivers that aren’t going to endanger anyone including themselves….. and I would say it is safe to assume that by winning school spirit is very high.

Coach Mike