Block/Charge Do you think C should have had this?

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

...except a philosophical [comment] with regard to using the term: secondary defender. There is no such thing as a secondary defender...

Oh, Mark. Sigh.

I get it, higher levels invented this definition and it hasn't made it into NFHS Rule 4 yet, nor will it so long as we don't have a restricted area in high school. But there is absolutely nothing....NOTHING....wrong with using the phrase as a descriptor of modern defensive strategy vis-à-vis the evolution of officiating mechanics.

Purism is the enemy of innovation.