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Originally Posted by maven
Here's another possibility: ignore the numbering exception.
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Exactly. Like HL said, don't make it harder than it needs to be.
Remember that the aforementioned requirements regarding the down and formation are for the
exceptions to the numbering rule. That is, normally eligible numbers
taking the place of one (or more) of the required 5 players numbered 50-79. If a team has 5 players numbered 50-79 on the LOS, then you don't have to worry about the exceptions.
So to address the swinging gate...if there are five players numbered 50-79 on the line of scrimmage between the ends (one of the ends being the snapper wearing a number 1-49 or 80-99), then the snapper is an eligible receiver.
If they
don't have five players numbered 50-79 on the LOS, then the down and formation matter.