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Originally Posted by wisref2
As a football official, I also know that 50% of football officials will disagree with me whether I say it's an illegal shift or if I say it's illegal motion. Let's say this play happens on the field. Do you get all five guys together for a conference to decide if the signal is going to be one arm or two? Or do you just pick one and go with it? (which was my point)
Give you a good example (and let the argument begin) - tackle A2 is late getting into his three point stance. If he goes down and the ball is snapped without being set for 1 second, it's an illegal shift. Now, let's say as he's going down, the ball is snapped. Is that an illegal shift or illegal motion? The ensuing argument will be:
1 - he isn't done shifting, so he's in motion, thereby, illegal motion.
2 - he is in the process of shifting, not in motion, thereby illegal shift.
3 - false start (these people are disqualified from the conversation)
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The only reason you're going to get an argument is that you did a horrible job of framing the play. The first example wouldn't necessarily be an illegal shift if all 11 were set before A2 (illegal numbering?) decided to make his adjustment. The second could also be either depending on what the other players on the field were doing.
Shift v. motion isn't a difficult concept. I'm glad I don't work with guys that have difficulty with it. There would be no conversation on my crew because everyone would have the same call.