The "12 men on the field" exploit is officially being looked at.
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which is really what it is. Its no different than jumping just prior to the snap. If the ball is snapped and either team has more players on the field than allowed just blow the ball dead at that point and walk off the penalty. I've really never understood why it wasn't treated that way anyway.
or accept the penalty with the clock re-set to the time when the snap took place. Just make the timing option an only in the final 2 minutes of each half thing, similar to the time run-off rule they use for some offensive penalties in the last two minutes.
...what's to stop a defense that has no timeouts, with the other team's offense driving in a no-huddle situation from just trotting an extra dude out there... That's basically giving up 5 yards for a timeout.
Maybe have some mechanism in place that allows the offense to either accept the play or return the clock to the pre-snap point and assess a penalty... I don't know, I'm sure there are loopholes there anyway you write the rule.
Maybe have some mechanism in place that allows the offense to either accept the play or return the clock to the pre-snap point and assess a penalty... I don't know, I'm sure there are loopholes there anyway you write the rule.
It's about the debateable 'unfair' advantage. With the 5-yard 'timeout', the offense or the defense still has to make a play and win it on the field, 11 on 11.
But 5 yards doesn't seem like enough for an end-of-game situation penalty, i'd agree.
But 5 yards doesn't seem like enough for an end-of-game situation penalty, i'd agree.
Why would a defense want to stop the clock if the other team's offense isdriving with minimal time leftto win the game?
Now, if the defense needed to get the ball back because they were down late in the game, the other team's offense would be running off as much time as possible. I still wouldn't get the strategy of trotting out 12 in that situation though. The offense gets five yards and the down remains whatever it was. So all the defense would be accomplishing is giving them a redo with five bonus yards, minus however many seconds ran off the clock during the play. Or they could just decline it and let the clock roll.
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Now, if the defense needed to get the ball back because they were down late in the game, the other team's offense would be running off as much time as possible. I still wouldn't get the strategy of trotting out 12 in that situation though. The offense gets five yards and the down remains whatever it was. So all the defense would be accomplishing is giving them a redo with five bonus yards, minus however many seconds ran off the clock during the play. Or they could just decline it and let the clock roll.
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