Did the rule book editors forget this one?

[JEL]

The first has to do with protecting obstructed runners while the second protects defenders from USC.


This is about as simple as it can be put. There is no contradiction.

In my "simple" mind I see this.

The first has to do with protecting obstructed runners while the second protects defenders from (players who have been told by coaches, if shes in your way flatten her, she ain't supposed to be there) USC.

There are threads on that "other" board that state what I have placed in ( ).