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In a game this year... Runner was getting tackled near his sideline, and one of the runner's teammates came in, head lowered, and speared his own ballcarrier right in the side of the helmet right in front of my H. Ball carrier was knocked out cold, and we had about a 15-minute injury stoppage.
I was told by an AC later that it was the kid's 3rd concussion in a 12-month span (the previous two had come in the prior basketball season).
No flag was thrown because, by rule, you cannot commit a spearing foul on your teammate. ("Spearing is initiating contact against AN OPPONENT with the top of the helmet....")
Methinks the rules committee should change the wording to "against another player"
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