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Old Fri May 22, 2009, 04:24pm
With_Two_Flakes With_Two_Flakes is offline
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman View Post
This might be one of the things you might consider changing for your country once you have the translation completed.
No, that isnt a possibility. Brazil has joined IFAF so that they can become part of World American football and join the 50 or so other countries worldwide. IFAF play straight NCAA Rules so Brazil need to do the same.


OPI
TXMike hit the nail on the head about OPI, when he talked about the defense expecting a run when they are blocked by the offense.

In a similar way to how we as officials read a play by the blocking, then the defensive secondary read a play by whether the receivers run pass routes or whether they come out and run block.

The action of the defensive secondary when they see a teammate be blocked or they are blocked is to try and lose the offensive guy and find the runner and make the tackle.

If the pass is not thrown, then there is no OPI foul. There must be a forward pass occur for OPI.

If the pass is caught behind the NZ, then there is no OPI foul. Only if there is a forward pass that crosses the NZ can there be OPI.


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So is it legal against the runner? It seems wrong.
Yes it is legal. It is regarded as part of attempting to make the tackle.
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