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Old Wed Aug 28, 2013, 12:02pm
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Originally Posted by bisonlj View Post
The way this is being described there is an attempt to use a substitution to deceive the opponent. That is a foul. If it was just a simple shift of 9 players then there is no issue. If there are no players coming on the field (which I assume there aren't) then this is just a shift and legal assuming they have 7 players on the LOS and five of them are numbered 50-79.
This would only be a foul if it was coupled with people coming on at the same time. No substitution is taking place here - this play is completely legal.
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