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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:43pm

Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline

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Originally Posted by mtridge

i had someone tell me the other day that you can only have 1 back in the backfield within 1 yard of the line. Couldn't find it in the rulebook.

Old, old rule no longer in the book. The new rule is much easier to administer because you don't need a yardstick.

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