Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobra
The problem of excessively penalizing the offense for holding was eliminated when the penalty was reduced to 10 yards.
|
Which makes one wonder why they increased it from 10 to 15 to begin with. AFAICT it was intended as a simplifying move -- to have only 5 & 15 yard penalties -- and that's the way it stayed for decades in all American codes. NFL broke that pattern. Canadian football meanwhile stuck with a 10 yard penalty for illegal use of hands.