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RULING |
| 1 | Back A22 has one foot outside the tackle box to the left of the formation and he is stationary when the ball is snapped. |
The left sideline is A22's adjacent sideline. A22 may not block below the waist toward the right sideline. [RR #1] |
| 2 | Back A33 is split wide to the right. After all Team A players are set for a second, A33 starts in motion to his left. At the snap, A33 is behind the right tackle. |
The right sideline is the adjacent sideline. A22 may not block below the waist toward the left sideline. [RR #2] |
| 3 | Back A33 is split wide to the right. After all Team A players are set for a second, A33 starts in motion to his left. At the snap, A33 is behind the left guard. |
The adjacent sideline is the left sideline. A22 may not block below the waist toward the right sideline. |
| 4 | Back A22 lines up to the left either inside or outside the tackle box. After all Team A players are set for a second, A22 starts in motion to his right. At the snap, A33 is behind the snapper. |
The adjacent sideline is the right sideline. A22 may not block below the waist toward the left sideline. [A.R. 9-1-6-V change] |
| 5 | Back A22 is lined up inside the tackle box to the left of the formation and is stationary when the ball is snapped. |
A22 is stationary in the tackle box and is not restricted. A22 may block below the waist toward either sideline. |
| 6 | On a sweep to the left, the right guard, next to the middle lineman, pulls and is leading the blocking. |
The right guard is not restricted and may block below the waist toward either sideline. |
| 7 | Split end A88 is on the line and split eight yards to the right of the middle lineman. |
A88 may not block below the waist toward the left sideline which could happen on a sweep to the right. |
| 8 | Third and 10 on A's 40. Team A's line is in a tight formation with the right end split wide. Back A33 lines up in a three point stance with one foot behind the right tackle and the other foot to the outside of the right tackle. After the snap. A33 cuts to his left and blocks B56 below the waist toward the left sideline. |
Legal block. A33 is not restricted. His right foot is behind where the tight end would line up. In a so-called tight formation, the tight end would be within 5 yards of the snapper. |
| 9 | Team A is in a tight double wing formation. The SJ's key is A26, the right wingback. A33 is behind the snapper. The SJ flags back A33 for an illegal block below the waist toward his sideline. |
A26 may block below the waist toward the SJ's sideline. A33 was lined up in the tackle box and has no restrictions. No official reported this fact to the SJ. Thus, the penalty is enforced. |
| 10 | The ball is in the center of the field with an end to the right of the snapper and five lineman near the left sideline more than seven yards to the left of the snapper. Two backs are behind the snapper and two backs are behind the five linemen. |
The five linemen to the left are unrestricted but the two backs behind these five linemen are restricted (not low to right). The snapper and end are restricted (not low to left) but the two backs behind the snapper are unrestricted. ... click here |