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You're right about the "4 players on each side of the kicker after RFP and until the kick" rule wording.
However, by definition, the kicker isn't the kicker until he actually kicks the ball (2-32-8).
So these seem to be in conflict.
The casebook plays provide no clarification to this situation.
Personally, I'd rule this as legal in the absence of a ruling from a local/state rules interpreter, under the theory that the "spirit of the rule" is to ensure that there are at least 4 players on each side of the kicker at the time of the kick.
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