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Originally posted by BktBallRef
To illegaly block below the waist, the INITIAL contact must be below the waist. The block you describe is legal.
How about this? 10 yards downfield, blocker dives at the defender. The defender sticks his hands out to avoid the block and touches his shoulders. The blocker then contacts the defender at the knees.
That's a legal block. The defender made the block legal by allowing the initial contact to be on the hands.
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True, true, true. The problem with this type of play BBR is using as an example is that blocker made no attempt to make a legal block. It is because the defender thought it might be better if he could still walk after the game that there was no foul. I'm not advocating any rule change just pointing out that sometimes a player doesn't get a flag no matter how hard he tries.