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Old Fri Oct 14, 2011, 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by bigjohn View Post
ART. 1 . . . A snap is the legal act of passing or handing the ball backward from
its position on the ground.
ART. 2 . . . The snap begins when the snapper first moves the ball legally other
than in adjustment. In a snap, the movement must be a quick and continuous
backward motion of the ball during which the ball immediately leaves the hand(s)
of the snapper and touches a back or the ground before it touches an A lineman.
ART. 3 . . . The snap ends when the ball touches the ground or any player.
Exactly right, it does not say how long a snap is. It begins when the snapper first legally move the ball and ends when it hits the ground or another player. Does it say another A player? No it says any player.
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