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Hideout Play
I know the rules relating to this play (illegal in both NF and NCAA codes) has been discussed on here. I was wondering if anyone knew how long this type of play had been illegal under the NCAA rules? Coaches are still running it -- some with success (see ND vs. USC this year) and HS coaches, for some idiotic reason, think its legal or CAN be legal under certain circumstances.
I'd like to know a little more about the history of the rule. |
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Hideout” plays, in which a substitute or an apparently replaced player takes a position near the sideline to deceive opponents, were banned in 1942 by the NFHS. The NCAA followed suit in 1953 (NFHS 9-6-4d; NCAA 9-4-2b).
Referee NON-Subscriber's Free Sample Last edited by bigjohn; Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 08:50am. |
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REPLY: "Hideout" plays were actually illegal (penalty was suspension) back in 1914. Amos Alonzo Stagg had his own special defense against hideout plays. He placed a trumpeter up at the highest point in the stadium and had him blow a "charge" when he saw a hideout play developing to alert his defense of the hanky-panky. The Rules Committee tried throughout the 20s, 30s, and 40s to eliminate, but everytime they made a rule to prohibit them, the coaches would find a way around the new rule. In 1942, the Committee actually made a deal with the coaches: They agreed to pass a rule allowing unlimited substitution if the coaches agreed to stop using hideout plays on the basis of ethics. We all know how well that worked...
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Always let the play go and hit them with UC? As the snap is imminenet shut it down and go Illegal Substitution? I know of a Referee that recognized A was running a hideout-blew his whistle/killed the clock and yelled to B while pointing at A11 "Do you have that player covered on the sideline?". I realize there are plenty of reason's not to do it that way-but really liked this mechanic.
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