illegal substitution?

yankeesfan · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Aug 29, 2005, 09:22pm

A11 goes off the field thinking he has been replaced, he then realizes he has to be in so he runs back on to the field beyond the 9 yard marks and gets set. is this legal substitution? rule 3-7-3 says it is but the case book says it is legal. what is it?

cowbyfan1 · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 30, 2005, 06:14am

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Originally posted by yankeesfan
A11 goes off the field thinking he has been replaced, he then realizes he has to be in so he runs back on to the field beyond the 9 yard marks and gets set. is this legal substitution? rule 3-7-3 says it is but the case book says it is legal. what is it?

Yes it is legal, he was not replaced by a sub, he got back inside the 9 yard mark after the ready for play and before the snap, he also got set before the snap. Totally legal.