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ORLANDO, Fla. — The writing was on the wall when the NFL began publicizing its data. The hip-drop tackle, league executives began saying last year, inflicted injury at 25 times the rate of the ...
The NFL is eliminating the hip-drop tackle. NFL team owners on Monday unanimously approved a rule that bans players from using a swivel technique to tackle an opponent. NFL executive Jeff Miller ...
The hip-drop tackle rule refers to plays where the ball carrier is tackled from behind with a swivel and a drop of the hips as he's taken to the ground. The league conducted a study and found that ...
Momentum has been building for months now to ban the hip-drop tackle, which league competition committee executive vice president Jeff Miller said “results in about a 25 times rate of injury as ...
NFL owners officially voted to ban the ‘hip-drop tackle’ from the sport on Monday, after an annual league meeting in Florida. The tackle has long been a topic of debate and was cited as the ...
The hip-drop tackle is banned. The NFL has banned the swivel hip-drop tackle, which league competition committee executive vice president Jeff Miller said “results in about a 25 times rate of ...
A hip-drop tackle similarly involves a tackler grabbing a ball carrier from behind and pulling him down in a manner that prevents self-defense. “The defender’s encircling, tackling the runner ...
No more hip drop tackle. The NFL eliminated the hip drop tackle after a few high-profile injuries on the play. The hip drop tackle was when a tackler wrapped up a ball carrier, rotated his hips ...