Illegal shift/motion or not

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by wisref2

As a football official, I also know that 50% of football officials will disagree with me whether I say it's an illegal shift or if I say it's illegal motion. Let's say this play happens on the field. Do you get all five guys together for a conference to decide if the signal is going to be one arm or two? Or do you just pick one and go with it? (which was my point)

Give you a good example (and let the argument begin) - tackle A2 is late getting into his three point stance. If he goes down and the ball is snapped without being set for 1 second, it's an illegal shift. Now, let's say as he's going down, the ball is snapped. Is that an illegal shift or illegal motion? The ensuing argument will be:
1 - he isn't done shifting, so he's in motion, thereby, illegal motion.
2 - he is in the process of shifting, not in motion, thereby illegal shift.
3 - false start (these people are disqualified from the conversation)

No offense to you intended here... but if it's truly 50-50 in your area, I suggest your training people get on their horses and fix it. These rules are very clear... I would hope that far less than 50% get this wrong.