We get illegal participation against the defenses we play all the time. That’s why we snap the ball so fast, to keep them from subbing, sometimes they still try and we get the free 5 yards.
We tried to game the system, that’s why he was moving so slow, and then started sprinting. Our coaches teach the guys to swap really slow in those situations to drain the clock against the offense. He wasn’t being lazy, he was doing what he was taught. And, this time we got bitten. I’ve seen us cause numerous teams to have to take a timeout or get a delay of game because of our slow subs. It’s a tactic, usually it benefits us, in this case it didn’t.
I’m simply saying it’s a reviewable call, same as targeting. One of the only things that the review booth can initiate review for that was not called on the field