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Originally Posted by Theisey
It was an editorial change in 1991. Those words appeared as rule 9-2-3-e. They did not exist in the 1990 book.
Why?, some coach trying to say this is new?
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Even worse, in fact, unbelieveable. Our interpreter is saying this rule does not prevent a defender from blocking a receiver running his route and that our association has been not been calling that for the last 20 years.
So when my LJ cautions a player, he tells his coach, who asks me what rule tells him a defender cannot block an eligible receiver all the way downfield, when I don't agree the coach calls the interpreter and tells him we don't know the rules.
I found a 1996 reference in the comic book with an illustration and he still agrees with the coach.