Possible rules changes for 2009

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PDF file of proposed NFHS rules changes for 2009, which, obviously, have to go through the whole process.

#16 on Page 4 stands out to me:

Rule number 2-14-2 on page 32

ART. 2 . . . A scrimmage-kick formation is a formation with at least one player 7 yards or more behind the neutral zone and in position to receive the long snap. No player may be in position to receive a hand-to-hand snap from between the snapper’s legs and it is obvious that a kick may be attempted.

Rationale: This would eliminate the use of the numbering exception rule on scrimmage downs unless it is obvious that a kick may be attempted (i.e. 4th & 10 not 1st & 10). Football has been and always will be a game of deception and trickery involving multiple shifts, unusual formation and creative plays.

Seems to me that would put a certain offense that starts with an A and ends with an 11 out of business, no?