[Mike Simonds]

Last Saturday, offense was getting set, noticed that they only had 10 men on the field. There are 2 things that happened that I would like to talk about:

1. Substitute comes on field and lines up at split end. He is in the formation but never came within 15 yards of the huddle as required by rule. Would this be a live ball foul for illegal participation or a dead ball foul for illegal substitution?

2. Offense calls a timeout just after the 25 second clock runs out. Before back judge communicates penalty with referee, referee grants timeout request to team A. Both teams jog to coaches for sideline conference. Back judge tells referee about the delay of game foul. By now the timeouts are already half over. Referee decides to enforce penalty and charge the timeout. Is this the proper thing to do? Or should the referee have not charged the timeout and called the teams back to the field?

Thanks for your help on this!