Tipped pass?

[Hand Signals]

A forward pass is tipped at the line of scrimmage and goes high in the air. A defender, in an effort to get to the ball or restrict an offensive player from getting to the ball, grabs the offensive player by the back of the shirt and pulls him down. (No horsecollar tackle) Legal?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Hand Signals

A forward pass is tipped at the line of scrimmage and goes high in the air. A defender, in an effort to get to the ball or restrict an offensive player from getting to the ball, grabs the offensive player by the back of the shirt and pulls him down. (No horsecollar tackle) Legal?

Holding. Maybe unsporstmanlike.

[Hand Signals]

Unsportsmanlike?????? How so?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Hand Signals

Unsportsmanlike?????? How so?

Guess.

[HLin NC]

NFHS: Pass interference restrictions end for Team B when a legal forward pass is touched by any player. This is no foul.

[Hand Signals]

That's the way I felt about it.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Holding. Maybe unsporstmanlike.

It may be an unfair act, but how would you get unsportsmanlike conduct from a contact foul? (That used to exist in Fed and NCAA, but I thought they separated those categories years ago.)

The unfair act, if called, would be enforced as a referee's discretionary penalty, most likely possession to the nonoffending side at the spot, as equitable. Otherwise just illegal use of hands on a loose ball play.