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Originally Posted by hawkishowl20
Can someone state the rule that defines a clean hit or block as a penalty due to its position in relationship to the ball / play. I honestly just cannot find it. I want to educate about this but I don’t have the parameters to do so.
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REPLY: NF 9-4-3: (in part)
"No player or nonplayer shall:
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b. Charge into or throw an opponent to the ground after he is obviously out of the play, or after the ball is clearly dead either in or out of bounds.
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g. Make any other contact with an opponent which is deemed unnecessary and which incites roughness."