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kfan12 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:32 am

FSUBulldog0 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:46 pm

kfan12 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:00 pm until all colleges have radio comms between the sideline and the QB, stealing signals is cheating. So yeah, Navy grad who didn't learn their ethos.

As I understand it, the stealing of signals isn’t against the rules. It’s the in-person scouting that is against the rules. I find that to be kind of dumb.

The in-person scouting is probably key to stealing signals as you would get to see multiple plays run in practice or in-game and then associate the formation/action with the signal...essentially expanding the observational data necessary to understanding the signals before the game with that opponent even begins. BLUF is that teams know this is illegal and those who do it anyway are cheating.