I also have a mighty mite question, about offense formations.
According to the rules, on shotgun formations, it says the qb must be lined up directly behind the center. My question is how is qb defined? Is it defined as strictly a physical position/location on the field, or is it defined as the person who receives the snap from the center? I bring it up because i see some teams line up in shotgun pro set with all three backs lined up in a row, legally (debatable, but that's not important here), but then at the snap, all the backs take off one way and the snap ends up going to one of the split backs with the other two becoming lead blockers. It seems like if the qb is the player who receives the snap, then that play would be illegal as the qb started somewhere other than directly behind the center, but if it strictly physical position/location, it's legal.
Note: I have no issue whatsoever with this type of offense, it doesn't affect how we prepare at all, i just wanted to get some insight of how some of the rules are interpreted by the committee, that's all. Thanks.