Side Snap Still Legal?

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Snap infraction. This isn't one, continuous motion backwards.

The ball is moving backward continuously, so it's a continuous backward motion.

I've been told previously that the motion of the ball doesn't have to be in a straight line to be continuous. For instance, there's a promo video by the Green Bay Packers in which the snapper moves the ball backwards between his legs in his hand, then passes it far out to a flanker on the side after the snapper's hand w the ball in it is clear of the snapper's butt. The motion of the snap is a bent one, but it never stops moving backwards.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

The ball is moving backward continuously, so it's a continuous backward motion.

I've been told previously that the motion of the ball doesn't have to be in a straight line to be continuous. For instance, there's a promo video by the Green Bay Packers in which the snapper moves the ball backwards between his legs in his hand, then passes it far out to a flanker on the side after the snapper's hand w the ball in it is clear of the snapper's butt. The motion of the snap is a bent one, but it never stops moving backwards.

Does the NFL know the Packers are playing under NFHS rules?

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by ajmc

Does the NFL know the Packers are playing under NFHS rules?

When it comes to the particulars of the snap, the Packers, NFHS, and NCAA are all playing by the rules of the Football Rules Committee that pre-dated any of those organiz'ns' rules.