Misunderstood football rules

[HLin NC]

Intentional grounding- there is no tackle box in Fed ball.

Horse collar tackle- the hand has to go inside the collar and or shoulder pad. grabbing the back of the jersey, to wit: the shoulder area, is not a horse collar.

Illegal substitution- "Dey broke duh huddle wif twayulv, dey broke duh huddle wif twayulv" is not a foul.

[JRutledge]

Halo Rule.

I had a coach just ask about this last Friday. This has not been a football rule at any level for over 5 years I am sure and people still think this rule is in place.

Peace

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Halo Rule.

I had a coach just ask about this last Friday. This has not been a football rule at any level for over 5 years I am sure and people still think this rule is in place.

Peace

Does Canadian count as a "level" or two?

[RMR]

We had a coach inform on Friday that we had screwed up an enforcement, since "there is no longer any such thing as an incidental facemask. They're all 15 now."

We thought he was kidding. He came back during a timeout and said "I'm serious, I wasn't joking. There really is still a 5 yarder?"

Credit where it's due - once we convinced him that it still exists he actually said "OK, I was wrong. Sorry about that."

Then he told us a little bit about what rules changes he would like to see. He wants to see the NCAA BBW rules since "the small fullback has been legislated out of football."

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by RMR

Then he told us a little bit about what rules changes he would like to see. He wants to see the NCAA BBW rules since "the small fullback has been legislated out of football."

That's the one thing Fed rules coaches ask for most at Huey's forum.

Some have pointed out that while the prohibition on BBW following changes of possession was preceded by years of statistics gathering and analysis of injuries, most of the other current Fed restrictions on BBW were not.