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BkbRef,
I'm interested to read more of your thoughts on the football rule change. I've been wanting to see a distinction made between blocking in the back and clipping for years. It seems to me that the two fouls need differing penalties due to the respective severity of each. A block in the back obviously creates a tremendous advantage (unfairly) for the offense/return team, whereas a clip does the same, but in a very dangerous manner.
I think the Fed took a great step with the clip and facemask rule changes. As it stands now, the only 15-yd contact penalties that are allowed by rule are for plays that are unusually dangerous, which seems to be very in line with the spirit of the game. Just my thoughts.
jb
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