Facemask on the runner?

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

In codes which ban hits to the head or helmet, does pushing the face mask such that it results in neck movement count as one or the other?

We have a ruling as such, in terms of stiff arms:

A stiff arm that is stiff before contact is legal. I stiff arms that becomes stiff after hitting the facemask/head area is a foul.