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Well guys I disagree. And heres why . I posted yesterday and wouldnt you know it! I saw this very foul happen today during a Pop Warner jamboree. The first flag that was tossed (tossed live ball by the W.H.) was for the QB failing to wear his mouth piece. During this teams next set of offensive down, the QB came to the line, set under the center and started calling signals. I was working Ump and seen his mouth piece hanging from his mask. I motioned to him to put it in, He did so and the play went off fine, no foul. There are many times a player may not be wearing his equipment properly. but he can always snap his chin strap or pull his pants down over his knee pads at anytime before the snap and be legally wearing his equipment for the down, So my reasoning is that an offensive team may be poised to commit an illegal act, such as a formation foul (only six players on the line, for example) but until the snap occurs, they always have the opportunity to correct this by shifting another player onto the line making the formation legal or calling a time out to regroup. Therefore, you cannot flag it as a dead ball foul. You must wait until the ball is snapped. Hence, it is the snap that causes the formation to become illegal. And since no foul causes the ball to become dead, you must let the play continue to its logical conclusion,
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I just worked 4 scrimmages in the last 28 hours , and drove almost 400 miles to do it . Im pooped and sore as hell . But you know what? I CANT WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK, I WANT MORE SNAPS !!!!
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