Jan 2, 2025
7:03:50pm
7:03:50pm
You're copy-pasting the rule I linked for you, but you still don't understand it
You said this:
"When the player is defenseless, there only needs to be forcible contact to the head or neck area - which there was. The stuff about the crown of the helmet is only required when the player is not defenseless."
And that is wrong, according to the rule I linked and you pasted.
Targeting requires:
- A defenseless player ("No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent")
- Forcible contact by the defender to the defenseless player's head or neck area ("...to the head or neck area")
- An indicator ("This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting (See Note 1 below)")
You didn't prove yourself right, you proved yourself more wrong...
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Jan 2, 12:30am
In my opinion, the rule is there to protect a player from getting injured. I think the fact that the guy’s laying there
Jan 2, 12:42am
Every time a “defenseless” player gets injured by being hit in the head, yes. Thats the entire purpose of the rule.
Jan 2, 9:06am
Nope, still a penalty even if there’s no injury. Penalty is based on a specific action that is likely to result in
Jan 2, 10:02am
Jan 2, 10:07am
Yup. Thats why I used the language of the rule in my post. Some folks are trying to parse what’s “forcible” contact and
Jan 2, 10:21am
No, a defenseless player being injured by the contact to his head shows that it was plenty “forcible” to fulfill the
Jan 2, 10:40am
Jan 2, 10:44am
Prevention of those exact injuries are 100% the purpose of the rule. Injuries *are* the purpose and justification for
Jan 2, 11:04am
Jan 2, 11:43am
Nope. The purpose isn’t to avoid “worry” by preventing “worrisome” acts. The purpose is 100% to decrease injury and to
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Jan 2, 1:37pm
No I’m not. That’s your strawman of what I’m proposing. You throw the flag if there is “forcible contact” to the head
Jan 2, 1:54pm
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Indicator is “forcible contact” to head or neck area of a defenseless receiver. Which part of that do you think is in
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Indicators like his head snapping back after helmet to helmet contactsand him laying on the ground with a concussion
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I think if they had an angle clearly showing forcible contact to the head they would have made the call
Jan 2, 7:18am
I don't think that's clear - you can't see through his shoulder to see where his face mask hits first
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