Today's Tidbit... Introducing The Neutral Zone

With football's scrimmage coming from rugby's scrum, early football allowed players on defense to interfere with the snapper and the other forwards on the offense's front wall. Later, those tactics became illegal, and by 1905, the following rules were in place.

Rule 16a: The snapper-back is entitled to full and undisturbed possession of the ball. The opponents must neither interfere with the snapper-back nor touch the ball until it actually put in play.

Rule 18b (partial): The line of scrimmage is...