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Originally Posted by Sully
there are no "extra" eligible recievers in the A11. You just can't immediately tell who is eligible.
You also can't make hard and fast rules about what you can and can't do with "kicking formations" without doing away with fake punts and field goals.
So far, the only real argument I see against this is "tradition." if that's really the argument, them the argument must logically be against the swinging gate, as well. Hell, tradition says players used to have no such thing as eligible and ineligible nbers, so it's weak to begin with.
If leagues don't like it, fine. But let's not pretend there was anything illegal or non-traditional about it.
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The fact that you can't immediately tell who's eligible out of all 11 players is part of the reason
why it isn't legal. Anyone on the field can be an eligible receiver coming to the line of scrimmage because they're breaking the jersey numbering rule. That in itself gives a huge advantage over legal offensive formations. That's the point. Legal formations don't allow you to do that.
And fake punts and kicks are still perfectly safe due to the differences in jersey numbering and eligibility on obvious kicking/punting downs. That's how they closed the loophole. They revised the rules to provide distinction as to what downs would allow which formations.
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"The definition of a scrimmage-kick formation was clarified to differentiate formations that have been used traditionally for attempting a field goal or kick try from those used for a punt," Colgate said. "In addition, the circumstances under which the numbering exception can be utilized have been changed to clarify what can be done on first, second, third and fourth downs."
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Every level of football has said that it's illegal. That's the purpose of the ban. The National Federation of State High School Associations, the NCAA, and the NFL now all have rules prohibiting it.