Took 7 months for me to ask??

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Originally Posted by TrojanHorse

During a game, our OL doubled the DT. In the process of this, one of our lineman slips and unintentionally hit the already engaged DT in the knee area. A plenalty was thrown, but when we asked the white hat who threw the flag what happened, he said the line man slipped and unintentionally hit the kid. Is this still a flag? Thanks

It makes no difference whether it was intentional or not, the defender could have still been injured: which is why the rule exists. Flag.