New Football Offense

Piedmont High School, in California, has a smaller student body than its competitors in athletics.  This has made it difficult to recruit and train a competitive football team.  The coaches looked to the rules for new ways to approach the game and they developed an offense they call the A11, for all eleven players on the field can become eligible to receive a pass.  This introduces a huge amount of randomness to the offense and makes it much more difficult to identify and cover for the defense compared to a traditional offense.   Apparently, there are 36 scenarios that can happen in a traditional football offensive alignment.  Under the A11, there are a possible 16,632 scenarios.

The rules in the NFL and college will not allow this strategy, and a number of detractors want the rules amended in the national high school game to prevent it as well.  I applaud the advancement; I have never understood why there are rules like "ineligible receiver downfield" in football.  If the offense wants to send its offensive linemen down the field to catch a pass, they will have less protection for their quarterback or ball carrier.  It's their own risk if they cannot protect.  

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