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Situation 1: The incoming player needs to be within 15 yards of the BALL after the ball is ready for play, not the huddle.
In any event, this is a live-ball foul (S19) the NF would call Illegal Procedure.
Situation 2: I'm assuming that there was no visual 25 second clock, therefore the BJ should have tossed the flag HIGH into the air while blowing the whistle loudly to kill the play and then blowing the whistle at least times to get the Refs attention. The Ref will have either seen a flag or heard the whistles by then and not granted any timeout until the play was sorted out. The BJ has to hustle in to communicate the problem. The Ref should have a pretty good idea that the flag is for a delay.
If it was that close, the TO should be granted and the DELAY waved off. The Ref and the U and possibly the other officials have to determine what came first. You can't grant them a TO and hit them up for a delay at the same time. We have to use our eyes and ears on this one and make a decision.
If the officials decide the Delay was what really happened, then the Ref should ask if the team still wants a TO. Otherwise, as I said, wave the flag off and grant the TO.
[Edited by Theisey on Sep 4th, 2002 at 07:02 PM]
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