Swinging Gate Plays

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Originally Posted by wwcfoa43

Canadian Ruling

The answer in Canada is yes. The centre is the one on the line who snaps the ball and the whoever is on the end (assuming an eligible number) is an eligible receiver.

There is no rule that they cannot be the same person.

To clarify:

Many people use the term centre to identity the middle person of the 5 ineligible receivers. If there is an unbalanced line, as in:

E IE T G C G E

In this case, if the C snaps the ball, how is he the centre when there are two players to his one side and four to the other? Makes no sense.

Then the C is not the centre in any form of the word except the silly definition that he snaps the ball.

Personally, I think the two terms should be independent of each other. The Centre is the ineligible between the guards and the Snapper is the player who snaps the ball to the QB. Most times, the C will be the snapper.