Q: New DPI Rule

[Ed Hickland]

Originally posted by Theisey
Of course it is not new. But those words were never found to be in the rule book until know. You only found them in the comic book or case book or interpretation meeting notes or in the NCAA/NF rules differences book.
Not found in the a coaches play book either, so they would teach it.

Personally, they should have gone the other way. I.e. No contact... No foul.

This has been in the Case Book and the Illustrated for years. It only took decades to codify it.

Personally, NFHS is where players learn the fundamentals of football and learning how to properly cover a pass receiver is a valuable lesson. Using face-guarding as a form of pass defense does not teach them anything of value about playing the game.