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Old Tue Aug 18, 2009, 08:51pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by Reffing Rev. View Post
If its not the runner then its just called holding, since tackling any player other than the runner is holding, and a horse-collar requires a grabbing of the jersey. i.e. holding.
Oh, I think collaring any other player of offense or defense and deliberately pulling him down would've been called unnecessary roughness any time during the past century or so. Illegal use of hands if it was just to slow him down, but bringing him down would have to be UR, wouldn't it?

Robert
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