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Old Thu Sep 11, 2008, 12:50pm
Ed Hickland Ed Hickland is offline
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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
I don't know what the fed rule says specifically, but under NCAA, I've got an illegal block. Key def out of Rule 2: "...the force of the initial contact is from behind..." That's met here.
That's interesting. Before the 2002 NFHS rule change this would have been a clip (there was no block in the back). I believe the NFHS sought specificity on the rule and in effect gave blockers some additional latitude and officials a more concrete definition.
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