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Originally posted by Brian Watson
I find it presumptious (sp?) of the Fed to assume we don't call that becuse the penalty was too harsh.
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It's consistent with another rule change they made. In NF football, there was only 1 face mask penalty and it was 15 yards. They felt that some officials were not calling facemask fouls because of the stiff penalty, so, last year, they added the 5 yard penalty. The 5 yarder is for grasping the mask but not jerking or pulling the player's head.
This year, they changed the clipping penalty. Any block from behind was considered clipping and it cost the offender 15 yards. Now, they've changed the rule to illegal use of hands if the contact is above the waist. It's a 10 yarder. Clipping is now blocking from behind, below the waist and is still 15 yards.
I never had a problem with the old rules. But they seem to think we do.