That was the argument I got in disagreeing with the call. Here's why I don't that it is reason:
By rule, a QB going under center is a shift. It is a shift because he is changing position (the definition of a shift) by going from a position that indicates that a snap is not imminent to a position that indicates that a snap is imminent. And he's going from a position in which he can't receive a snap to one that he can receive a snap - that is a change of position.
That is not the case in a shotgun formation because the ball could be snapped at any time no matter his position.
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