NFHS Rules Changes

[stevegarbs]

Love the sideline change to similar to college rule.

Originally Posted by stevegarbs

Love the sideline change to similar to college rule.

Ditto...it helps with the chains as well. Now I can't have a chain crew complain because the coaches are in the way.

[Welpe]

First of all, thank you to Tim for sharing these with us.

Interesting set of changes. I am disappointed to see the horse collar rule be adopted. I think it is an unecessary rule.

I like that they've adopted the Florida sideline experiment. A good change, IMO.

The A-11 is toast, buh bye.

It is a shame I won't be doing football under Fed rules any more.

[LDUB]

That is a good set of changes. The SKF change is great as well as the no more 3 coaches in the box while the ball is live.

[johnnyg08]

didn't it read...zero coaches in the box on a live ball?

[ODJ]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

didn't it read...zero coaches in the box on a live ball?

Yes. There is now (as in NCAA) a 2 yard buffer zone.
Sideline. You. 2 yards. Chain crew. Coaches.

I'd think sideline warnings will decline.

[HLin NC]

I'm with Rut on the horse collar thing. I don't see it that much, if at all and much like facemasking, holding, and BIB, what we see is way different than what you hear yelled from the sidelines.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by ODJ

Yes. There is now (as in NCAA) a 2 yard buffer zone.
Sideline. You. 2 yards. Chain crew. Coaches.

I'd think sideline warnings will decline.

I think you might see more, at first.

[ajmc]

The "sideline control" revisions seem like a great, sensible and very appropriate adjustment. This has never been an issue about practical differences, there simply are no practical arguments against any of these revisions that make any sense.

This issue has always been a question about practical, sound, safety related measures opposed to some obscure notion of territorial control that has been little more than a figment of the imagination.

For the same basic reasons there are rules that govern the interaction between pedestrians and trucks, there needs to be sensible guidelines governing the interaction between persons operating immediately on, or outside, a football sideline.