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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
It's not as if Texas & Mass. HS are playing football against institutions other than HS that also play by their rules,
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That's actually not true for Texas. There are big name public schools playing early season games against out of state opponents and there are some private conferences that are made up of schools from multiple states.
I know of at least one anecdote where a team from Texas was playing a team from Oklahoma in Oklahoma (so they were playing NFHS rules). The Texas team had a TD called back on an illegal block below the waist that is legal in NCAA.
It's fairly rare but it happens. Texarkana is one place where this makes a difference also.
Truth be told, I really like officiating under NCAA rules (except for the craziness that is the blocking below the waist rules) but I think there are some strong arguments for Texas HS football to adopt NFHS rules.