ACC official, Pereira say they'd eject Jadeveon Clowney for 'The Hit'

[Steven Tyler]

Looks like good hard football playing to me. He hit the ball with his facemask. The classic fundamental tackle. Clowney was going full speed, what did anyone expect to happen? Ball carrier needs to buckle that chinstrap better. If the helmet doesn't fly off, it doesn't look as vicious.

[Scuba_ref]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Looks like good hard football playing to me. He hit the ball with his facemask. The classic fundamental tackle. Clowney was going full speed, what did anyone expect to happen? Ball carrier needs to buckle that chinstrap better. If the helmet doesn't fly off, it doesn't look as vicious.

The issue is that they are trying to steer football away from the "classic" tackle.

The hit in the video is nearly impossible to rule on live. Having said that, in the POE material for this year they state:

"And contrary to most other rule enforcements, when in doubt, contact to and with the helmet should be ruled as a foul by game officials."

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref

The issue is that they are trying to steer football away from the "classic" tackle.

The hit in the video is nearly impossible to rule on live. Having said that, in the POE material for this year they state:

"And contrary to most other rule enforcements, when in doubt, contact to and with the helmet should be ruled as a foul by game officials."

Seeing how his head was up, and was going full speed, what do they expect players to do? Trying to steer away from injuries is fine, i. e. chop blocks at the knees. Why not start ejecting players for those fouls. Next time do a better job blocking. That would help more than an ejection.

It's sorta of hard to deprogram players from making good, clean, hard hits. Clowney looks like the very first pick in the draft at this point.

Football has evolved into bigger, stronger, faster. Been pretty much the object of the game for decades.

Something will happen that will this rule will only add more controversy than good.