John, the unfair acts rule is not a catch-all for the "That don't look right" football play.
This is part of the Rule 2 definition of a rule:
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A rule sometimes states what a player may do, but if there is no such statement for a given act (such as faking a kick), it is assumed that he may do what is not prohibited.
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This is from an earlier post of mine it is not exactly the same topic but the idea is the same:
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Originally Posted by Welpe
Football is all about deception and trickery. Hard snap counts, fake field goals, fake punts, free kicking directly from a huddle, going on first sound, going on 2, Dan Marino's fake spike and touch down pass...all of these are deceptive. So was the fumblerooski and when the Federation decided that it was too deceptive, it was specifically made illegal.
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Bush League does not equal illegal...this is true in most sports, not just football.