Wouldn't this be considered hurdling? and be a flag!!

[Altor]

MD Longhorn:
Apparently the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee has evidence of injuries that resulted from attempted hurdling.

Originally Posted by scrounge

The NFHS SMAC requested that this rule not be changed and backed up its request by showing several incidences where players were severely injured while attempting this act!

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Altor

MD Longhorn:
Apparently the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee has evidence of injuries that resulted from attempted hurdling.

I'm sure they do, but do they have the ratio of injuries per attempt?

It's a lot of work to collect these stats. The only case I'm aware of a football rules governing body's studying statistically the rate of injuries in certain circumstances was 40 yrs. ago with blocking below the waist on kick returns. Usually they just go by anecdotes, hunches, and a priori reasoning that certain practices are more dangerous than others.

[Altor]

I was answering the question:

"Has anyone ever witnessed or even heard of an injury caused by someone hurdling? "

The SMAC has heard of such and provided evidence to the NFHS.