Two Questions

[ljudge]

Our rules interpreter made it very clear, crystal clear the other night that breaking the huddle with 12 players is NOT necessarily Illegal Substitution. That's not to say we don't flag for IS when the huddle breaks with 12. His explanation was the definition of "immediately." He suggests we use 3 to 5 seconds as determining if a player left immediately. If a sub comes in and the huddle suddenly breaks in say 2-3 seconds or so with 12 players then you have nothing. He didn't violate the rule of not immediately leaving the huddle.