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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
You do realize that people could have just as easily outlawed the Wing T, The I-Formation, The West Coast Offense, the Shotgun formation, the Option, Flexbone, Wishbone, the Run and Shoot, the K-Gun, and the Spread from the argument that you are making.
Or, let's do it this way:
"Hey, that lineman is dropping into zone coverage and the linebacker is going after the quarterback. That's bullshit. They are taking advantage of a loophole in the rules. Lineman are supposed to rush the passer and stop the run, not defend the pass.
What a ****ing bunch of cockamamie cheating bullshit!!"
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Come on Hamas. Please tell me what made any of those listed formations illegal? Each one of those formations fulfills the rules for pass eligibility for an offensive play.
The reason A-11 is different than each of the offenses you listed, is that the A-11 isn't an offense. It's a formation only allowed for a scrimmage kick. It can't even be called an "offense". It's only seen as legal when in the formation for a scrimmage kick. And only then if all the players are wearing "receiver" jersey numbers. The fact that these teams are passing out of a scrimmage kick formation is the entire point here.
The Wing T, The I-Formation, The West Coast Offense, the Shotgun formation, the Option, Flexbone, Wishbone, the Run and Shoot, the K-Gun, and the Spread all are legal offensive formations. And each of those can be run regardless of receiver jersey numbers. None of these offenses require that you call the formation something other than an "offensive formation".