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Is This Blocked Kick Legal?
Check out this video of a blocked extra point.
http://journals.aol.com/dcsportsguy/...-this-kid/3011 Any penalties? Is it illegal to hurdle a lineman? Is it illegal to launch yourself off the center's back? Is it illegal to launch yourself off of ANY o-lineman's back? |
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athletic though
while very athletic it is very illegal in a lot of different areas...you might be able to get away with no hurdling by saying the centers hands were touching the ground...I wouldn't however take this route. If you do take that position, he does put his hand on a teammates shoulder and you could say he uses that to gain leverage, then he also "stands" on the center in the process of jumping him.....good try though LOL
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I doubt it
CSHS I doubt that they touch, it was just a if you really want to try and make it legal (which I wouldn't ) you could conceivably "make" his hands touch the ground...
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Seems pretty obvious on the replay that its legal. Both of the snappers hands are on the ground, so by rule it is not hurdling.
"Hurdling is an attempt by a player to jump with one or both feet or knees foremost over an opponent who is contacting the ground with no part of his body except one or both feet" (2-21) In the case of a goal line play, the players on the ground can be legally hurdled, but only if something other than their feet is touching the ground, otherwise, while not often called, its illegal. |
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then how can it be hurdling when the C has his hand on the ground? (Just FYI, you have to watch the video most of the way through, they show a close up instant replay that shows the C with his hands on the ground) Last edited by ChickenOfNC; Thu Oct 05, 2006 at 08:03am. |
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The center did have his hand on the ground, I didn't see that the first time I watched it, so I guess hurdling is not the call. However from the replay it is hard to tell if the player actually stepped on the centers back which would be a foul. I guess the umpire would have had the best view of it so he must have cleared the player. I'm not sure about the hand on his team mates shoulder to leverage himself up and over though.
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even if it isn't hurdling
he definitely ends up landing on the center's back with his cleats, I would be tempted to say he also uses his teammates shoulder as leverage, allthough not much it is pretty athletic..It falls within the leaping rules in the NCAA he took more than one step leaped, contacted another player....it is just illegal all the way around...but still cool to see...
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Even if the snapper did have a hand on the ground momentarily, this is a safety foul and officials should err on the side of protecting the players. I would have no problem if hurdling were called on this. Just because the center has his hand on the ground is "ticky-tack" as far as I'm concerned. The hurdling rule was designed to for players to be able to jump over other players on that are on the ground during the course of a normal scrimmage.
High jumping the LOS is not what they had in mind and could potentially get a kid hurt...badly. IMO....call this one every time. |
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