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ILLEGAL FORMATION
7.2.1 SITUATION A: Following a second down play, A89 comes onto the field
as a substitute for A93 but A89 stops 5 yards from the sideline as his team is
ready to snap the ball. Following the snap, A89 goes down field and catches A1's
legal forward pass for a first down. RULING: This is an illegal formation and if the
penalty is accepted it would be marked off from the previous spot. Depending
upon the situation, this could also be illegal participation. (9-6-4d)
7.2.1 SITUATION B: With fourth down and 8 from K’s 20-yard line and K in
scrimmage kick formation, K1 kicks the ball, but at the snap, K had only six players
on the line of scrimmage. After the play is over, R1 throws K2 to the ground
and swings at him. RULING: These fouls would be enforced separately and in
order. R will likely decline the penalty for the K foul so that R will get the football,
and then R’s dead-ball personal foul is then enforced (and R1
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