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Originally Posted by bisonlj
I got into a debate on another forum about this. I'm not going to have time to judge if the QB is 7 yards or 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage to determine if the snapper has protection. The intent of this rule is to protect the long snapper on a scrimmage kick (thus the term scrimmage kick formation).
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No, the intent of the rule is to protect the snapper when he has his head down and needs to throw the ball a long way back, thus needing a longer time to pick his head up. The danger to the snapper is the same regardless of whether a kick is forthcoming.
Robert