Within the limits of the Shootout Rules
Based on the Shootout Rulebook, these are are very much legal.
The player is placed totally on a base.
There can be minimal spacing between the bases.
6.4.3 The offensive line does not have to be touching arm-to-arm with the blockers acting as the guide. They can be spread as far as one base length apart.
The thing is most people will never use this because it is difficult to break from the traditions of the game. I've seen this thinking so often over the years, especially on these chatboards.
It took all of 15 years on these chatboards to convince people to even shake the box, try the rules, play in stadiums, use custom figures, play on wooden boards, and many other things. So I know coaches will only try it if they see others doing it and it offers success. But that is usually a 5-year curve.
But the point is, in this particular method of play, you are only restricted by your own imagination. I feel I am pretty creative to offer advantages offensively for my team. This is one of those things that yeah, I could keep a secret but the goal is to enhance and improve the game, not silence what may be of benefit to some. Someday this thinking will be appreciated I hope long after I am gone.
I just want to know that when I play one coach, his coaching philosophies are not the same 3 yards and a cloud of dust of some other coach. I want that intellectual stimulation to know that "This is different, something I have never encountered". I want to be able to ask myself, "Is this within the limits and if so, why did I not cover this scenario?"
I want to be able to play the game at a fast pace and have to think on the fly! Bringing into existence the Elephant Line, the West Coast offense, and now the Wide Base line just offer up other creative thinking in making defenses adapt and think outside the box.
Again, I can only speak in terms of the Shootout method as we try to push the limits on what is capable in this game.
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