Horse Collar - different twist.

[GBFBUmp]

Originally Posted by mbyron

The horse-collar tackle rule applies specifically to a "runner," who by definition has the ball.

Grabbing the collar of a non-runner sounds like a hold to me, although some leeway usually goes to tackling a fake runner. Officials' judgment.

My thoughts too, as you said, leeway is given to tackling fake runners, so I was wondering if the reverse would be true as well, regarding the HC.

[movingthechains]

Originally Posted by GBFBUmp

My thoughts too, as you said, leeway is given to tackling fake runners, so I was wondering if the reverse would be true as well, regarding the HC.

Based on your description I think I would have had a HCT