What to call

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by Smiley

All clips should be called. This is a safety issue. You can't call blocking in the back if its a clip. If the ball is live, it is a live ball foul. If the ball is dead, its a personal foul for unnecessary roughness. Where on the field the clip takes place and where the ball is are irrelevant. Unless the ball is in the endzone and therefore dead.

I should clarify - yes, all CLIPS should be called. Now, how many do you actually see? Most coaches and fans incorrectly identify any block in the back a clip. My original reply assumed that this was a block in the back and not an actual clipping penalty.

(I think I even referred to the foul as a 'block in the back'.)