Illegal Participation

john_faz · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 05, 2009, 10:38am

"At the Snap" is the key phrase. It makes sense now.

Thanks.

kdf5 · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 05, 2009, 10:42am

It's not illegal to have 12 men on the field prior to the snap. It's illegal substitution if the 12th player doesn't leave the field immediately after being notified he's being replaced. You guys, technically, should have noticed this before the snap but often times we don't or the ball is snapped as you're recounting, which is what usually happens to me.

Forksref · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 05, 2009, 11:17am

I tell my crew to flag it for IS if the 12th man is not on his way off just prior to the snap. This saves them 10 yds.

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