Late Hit

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Originally Posted by waltjp

To suggest a foul on the defense is justified as a warning is a bad idea. The defense is playing within the rules. There's enough other chipping stuff that goes on that could be used if you need to set an example. This play isn't one of them.

I definitely agree not to use the 'late hit' call as a warning. First, as you said, they are playing within the rules. Also, 15 yards is pretty stiff as a "warning" just to tell the players that we are watching that. Anyway, as described, it does not sound like a foul in the OP.