"Give Him the Business"

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Originally Posted by Luis

I have this interesting or you may say "boring" question...

"We have a personal foul on No. 99 of the defense. After he tackled the quarterback he's GIVING HIM THE BUSINESS down there, that's a 15-yard penalty." That's a famous quote from Ben Dreith.

I was wondering if GIVE HIM THE BUSINESS is really a penalty in American football as we CALL it. Or was it just 1stly called by Ben. I searched online for this, some people say in the rulebook and some say it's just to emphasize the foul...

It simply means that he was taunting or trash talking the player he tackled. It's unsporting and is a foul.