I'm watching the Cards-Packers game right now, and someone on Arizona just got called for an illegal substitution - leaving through the back on the endzone.
After the Grey Cup there was a lot of discussion about who should've left and how... and I know a couple people suggested the guy in the endzone should've just backed off the field, but the penalty in the NFL game has me wondering if this would've been possible. Does anyone know the rule for the CFL? Could the 13th man have backed out, or would the Riders have been called for illegal substitution instead of too many men?
A player leaving the game shall proceed directly to the Sideline on which the team bench is located and, thence, outside the Field of Play to the team bench.
Its not that cut and dry.
Even if he ran off the field at the sideline, they still can be called for 2 many men in the huddle
A team that permits more than 12 players to participate in its huddle
or formation before the ball is snapped shall be subject to a penalty for illegal
substitution.
Cuthbert said "It looked like someone ran on late into the endzone"
If that was the case then its still illegal substitution
The side officials (Head Linesman and Line Judge) shall monitor the team bench on
their sides of the field and, when the ball becomes dead, shall observe that Sideline
for possible substitutions. When Team A breaks the huddle, or if no huddle, and the
Referee declares the ball in play, the side officials shall turn away from the Sidelines
and raise their arms to shoulder level. (“Raising the gates.?) Further substitution
shall not be permitted.
I dont think there is anything that you can do.......you're toast
If that is the case, then how come the officials didn’t throw the flag until the ball was snapped? If they counted 13 men the huddle or in formation, then they could thrown the flag before the play even started.
If the refs had thrown the flag prior to the snap , then it would be a case of interference . It would have amounted to the refs doing the count for the team so they could avoid the major penatly and only getting a minor penalty instead of major like what you saw . It's like some other penalties that are issue as soon as the ball is snapped because the infrction doesn't count until it actually happens . That would be my understanding anyway and it is the correct way to go about it . Can't count of the refs to make up for not counting yourself .
My uncle picked me and my wife up from the Calgary airport. In the car ride to the hotel he was telling us how he remembers the 1976 Grey Cup game. He talked about how it still makes him sick to his stomach, just thinking about it. It was a last play kind of loss too.
I never would have guessed that I would then watch in person the the CFL's most painful Grey Cup loss ever! This is the new 1976 Grey cup for Roughrider fans. That was the sickest way to lose a championship.
NO! The sickest way to lose a championship is to scratch and claw your way to the Grey Cup, only to see your QB’s arm broken as he dives into a pile to recover a fumble with the game in hand, and then watch your pivotless team lose the Grey Cup by one point to a bunch of undeserving chumps.
