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Originally Posted by mbyron
Nothing in there about intent, so an "accidental" chop block is still a chop block.
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Like so many things we see in a football game, you have to actually see what happened to determine whether it was legal or not. The "Chop Block" definition does not mention intent, but it does require there has to be a "block", which doesn't necessarily include any type of contact.
Football players bump into each other all over a football field in ways that never quite make to the level of being a "block". So although a "chop
BLOCK", may always be a chop
BLOCK, that doesn't mean every contact between two players constitutes being a "block" of any sort.
Thjat's why it's so important that we see the entire action, not just the tail end of it. From the way this situation was described, it sounds like the White Hat's internal review system overruled his initial response and he corrected himself, which is not necessarily a bad thing.