snapper protection

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by daggo66

If coaches would just teach the proper technique for a long snap, i.e. head up, then there would never have been the need to have this rule in the first place.

Snappers have been snapping with their heads down, and coached to do so, since before you were born. What you're calling "proper technique" is not universally accepted as such.

In the single wing and short punt formations, which do not get the benefit of this rule because the players receiving the snap aren't that deep, most centers need to look while they're snapping the ball because they need to snap it to different places depending on the type of play, leading the player receiving the snap in one direction or another.

Robert