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Old Mon Oct 06, 2014, 08:41pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by BktBallRef View Post
It's not illegal motion. Illegal motion occurs when one player in motion does not meet the requirements in 7-2-7.
It says, "Only one A player may be in motion at the snap," so if more than 1 player is in motion, doesn't that too violate its terms?
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It's an illegal shift, a violation of 7-2-8.
Well, that too. You can call one or the other.

Another reason you can prove logically that it can't be a false start (assuming no quick or jerky motion) is that that would have to be whistled before the snap -- and how can you know it won't be a legal shift, or that there won't be a time out called (or some other action intervene that would prevent play), before the ball is snapped?

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