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Originally Posted by ajmc
When NFHS adopted the 5 yard face mask penalty, it was specifically in response to the observation that far too many contacts with the face mask were being ignored, ostensibly, because of a reluctance to assess a 15 yard penalty for a minor contact.
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That's exactly what NCAA said too. That was also a reason given for their revival of an early 20th century rule, the differential penalty for running into vs. roughing the kicker.
This sort of thing tends to go back & forth over generations.
Robert