re: The slowdown rule does NOT affect only a couple of plays per game

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pvilleguru

Damn, you're getting pretty defensive. I've never looked at a football rule book and never care to

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Well, here, allow me to fix that for you.

SECTION 5. Substitutions
Substitution Procedures

Legal Substitutions
ARTICLE 2. A legal substitute may replace a player or fill a player vacancy
provided none of the following restrictions is violated:

c. 1. An incoming legal substitute must enter the field of play directly from his team area, and a substitute, player or departing player must depart at the sideline nearest his team area and proceed to his team area.

PENALTY [a-d]—For a dead-ball foul: Five yards from the succeeding spot [S22]. For a live-ball foul: Five yards from the previous spot [S22].

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