[wedickinson]

It is rarely called. I have called it significantly more in youth games and ocasionlly in a high school game ( only couple of times in 15 years).

Perhaps because of the 'infrequentness' of this call, it may be one of those judgement calls that we miss. If you look at the NFHS rules books, this type of foul has been a point of emphasis on more than one occasion....aparrently the NFHS rules folks have thought the same thing.

To call it: I am looking for a player that intentionally is tryiong to punish another player with the helmet (as a weapon).....easier said than done. Especially when a runner is trying for extra yards or a tackler is trying to bring down a runner.