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REPLY: Personally for whatever it's worth, I believe that this should be a live ball foul only because B11 entered the field of play before the snap and failed to make it to his side of the neutral zone. That's a violation of 3-7-5 and is penalized as a live ball foul simultaneous with the snap. Rule 3-7-6 (and correspondingly case play 3.7.6) deals with a substitute entering the field of play during the down, i.e. after the snap. This is what's penalized as a non-player foul from the succeeding spot. I contend that case play 3.7.6 is worded incorrectly and was meant to say that B11 enters after the snap. That would make the ruling correct.
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Bob M.
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