BIB and safety

[Texas Aggie]

By far, most injuries occur on legal blocks. So it isn't a safety issue any more than football the game is a safety issue. I would also argue that blocking below the knees from the side (legal -- at least in NCAA) is more dangerous than from the back (illegal in all codes). So in this sense, we could argue all day about what is truly an unsafe block, legal or illegal, and what isn't.

BIB is a 10 yard penalty and like holding, should be flagged at the point of attack only -- or at least, only then and in very limited other situations. If the BIB is 10 yards behind a runner, for example, we ignore it. Of course, we play by NCAA rules and get input from college conferences on how to enforce certain things. Fed may want that called but I would have a real hard time flagging that play under any code.