block below the waist????

[BktBallRef]

Jim, the information you have received is correct.

Sportswriter, he is not teaching his kids to perform an illegal act.

Devdog, if the guys in your area are calling this BBTW, they're calling it incorrectly.

NF 2-3-7
Blocking below the waist is making initial contact below the waist from the front or side against an opponent other than a runner.

Note the words, "initial contact." When the defender sticks his hand out to ward off the block, and initial contact is made on the hand, the defender has just made the block legal for the blocker.

Our state deputy director has been trying to get the NF Football Rules Committee to change this for years but hasn't been successful. I don't like the rule anymore than you guys do but that is the rule.