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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Yes, it did. Pretty much exactly. None of the rest of your post is really relevant.
That said --- this is a REALLY REALLY dumb rule. Why should this action that we see in the video be illegal?
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Agreed on your first point 100%. When a player goes over another player, they generally do it one of two ways: head first or feet first. If they land on their feet they likely went feet first (as in this video). If they went head first they will land on something else.
The reason this is a foul is it could be very dangerous for both the hurdler and hurdlee. The hurdler could be flipped and land on their head. The hurdlee could take a knee or foot to the head or chest. I've seen several videos where either of those happened. Rather than encourage players to try it because they MAY clear with no issues, the rules committee has decided to make the attempt a foul.