sleeper play

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Originally posted by SouthGARef
Yup. Must be within 15 yards of the ball sometime after the RFP. Either way, they're intentionally doing it to gain an advantage--thus it's illegal.

[Edited by SouthGARef on Nov 3rd, 2004 at 01:42 PM]

We had a situation in a playoff game this past Saturday. Late substitution by A(actually, the 11th man came on to the field). As soon as he came on the field, the B coach was screaming "illegal substitution." But, the player ran all the way across the field to get into a receiver position. In doing so he passed easily within 15 yds of the ball. Had he stayed on the side of the field where he entered, it would have been a foul since he never would have gotten within 15 yds of the ball.