The A-11...No More

So much for creativity in football. Last week, a State High School Association for football in the state, voted to make the new gimmick offense, the "All-11" or "A-11" offense, illegal from play in the upcoming season. The A-11 offense works like this:
According to the article, "The goal of the A-11 is maximum unpredictability, achieved by putting 11 players wearing eligible receiving numbers on the field at once -- only legal with one player at least seven yards behind the line of scrimmage and no one under center, as on a punt or field goal -- then shifting them on or off the line of scrimmage at the last second. The result is an essentially random offense with endless combinations of possible receivers, leaving the defense with no idea which five or six players are eligible to go downfield for a pass until a moment before the ball is snapped and no time to react."

Officials deemed it unsportsmanlike because the plays themselves were confusing referees and that it was too deceptive for defenses to figure out. What is wrong with deception? Wasn't the West Coast offense designed to deceived? What about the new spread option offense or the Wildcat offense run in college and the NFL? The inventor of the A-11 offense is pure genius for finding the loophole in the rule to allow for this offense to even be possible.

Enjoy the top ten A-11 plays of 2008 as it will probably never be seen again: