4/G, B-5, 5:00 (4), A=17, B=17. Team A assumes a formation with linemen from left to right: 81, 71, 61, snapper 90, 62, 72, 82. 71, 61, 90, 62, and 72 are within the tackle box. 81 is split wide left, and 82 is split wide right. In the back field is left wingback 31, right wingback 42, potential holder 12 (directly behind the snapper, in a holding posture at the A-12), and potential place kicker 23 (in position to make a place kick at the A-14). Looks like this:
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81 71 61 90 62 72 82
31 42
12
23
All Team A players have stopped completely for several seconds, when 23 steps back to the A-15, directly behind the snapper, and 12 stands up at the A-12, and moves directly behind 62. Looks like this:
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81 71 61 90 62 72 82
31 42
12
23
After all Team A players have, again, stopped completely for more than one full second, the ball is snapped directly to 12, who then throws a legal forward pass to 81 in B’s end zone.
Team B’s head coach complains that the formation was illegal because there was no player in position, and potential ‘holding’ posture, to receive the snap.
Ruling:
