superhornet
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Opponents of the A-11 Offense have got to be cheering as the National High School Sports Federation is readying a vote to ban it.
The offense takes advantage of a loophole in the rules regarding player numbering that allows skill position players, normally numbered 1-49 and 80-89, to assume positions along the offensive line during "scrimmage kick" situations. What the offense seeks to do is keep the defense guessing about who's an eligible receiver and who isn't. The offense is already under state bans in Georgia and North Carolina, where the governing bodies have declared it to be "unsporting." The creators, coaching at California's Piedmont High, cry foul, as they only use it in the same fashion as others in the past used the run and shoot: an equalizer for small schools with small numbers and not enough big linemen. The Piedmont coaches have noted that the vast majority of those opposed have not even bothered to watch the offense in action. They have proposed secession if the new rule passes.
Also at risk if this loophole is eliminated is the common practice, even among non-A-11 schools, of using quarterbacks or other skill-position players as snappers on actual scrimmage kicks. Either one would have to have a player with two numbers remembering to switch in time, or run the risk of a big guy botching snaps.
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The offense takes advantage of a loophole in the rules regarding player numbering that allows skill position players, normally numbered 1-49 and 80-89, to assume positions along the offensive line during "scrimmage kick" situations. What the offense seeks to do is keep the defense guessing about who's an eligible receiver and who isn't. The offense is already under state bans in Georgia and North Carolina, where the governing bodies have declared it to be "unsporting." The creators, coaching at California's Piedmont High, cry foul, as they only use it in the same fashion as others in the past used the run and shoot: an equalizer for small schools with small numbers and not enough big linemen. The Piedmont coaches have noted that the vast majority of those opposed have not even bothered to watch the offense in action. They have proposed secession if the new rule passes.
Also at risk if this loophole is eliminated is the common practice, even among non-A-11 schools, of using quarterbacks or other skill-position players as snappers on actual scrimmage kicks. Either one would have to have a player with two numbers remembering to switch in time, or run the risk of a big guy botching snaps.
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