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Old Thu Apr 24, 2014, 10:26pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
Again, show me anywhere that a stiff arm is considered illegal?
A stiff arm is not illegal. Gratuitously hitting an opponent in the head is illegal.

Do you expect the term "stiff arm" to automatically refer to a head hit? To me it just means fending off an opponent by contact using an open palm and a locked elbow.

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OK, what does that have to do with this situation? A BIB used to also be a clip too. What does that have to do with what we are talking about in relationship to a stiff arm?
It has to do with the fact that the rules committee has never allowed types of contact by some players that would be unnecessary roughness if done by other players.
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