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The NFL met with coaches this offseason about “some concern about how you officiate it,” Jones told Yahoo Sports. Particularly in the box, where the NFL doesn’t apply horse-collar rules ...
The NFL’s ultimate goal, multiple league executives said, is to eliminate the hip-drop tackle, as they define it, from the game. ... the way they believe they changed trends on horse-collar ...
The NFL is looking to eliminate the hip-drop tackle and will again discuss the “tush push” in the offseason. ... The league made the horse-collar tackle illegal several years ago because a ...
The term "open field" means that horse-collar tackles committed near the line of scrimmage will be allowed. In the NCAA, beginning in 2024, there is no “open field” requirement. Therefore, the college horse-collar rule “applies to a ball carrier, including a potential passer, who is inside the tackle box.” NCAA Football Rule 9-1-15.
Horse-collar tackle: Illegally tackling another player by grabbing the inside of the ball carrier's shoulder pads or jersey from behind and yanking the player down. (American) The signal for a personal foul (except in high school), followed by: Raising one arm to the side of the body with the elbow bent, so that the closed fist is near the neck.
Associations such as the National Football League (NFL), and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) made it illegal to perform any kind of spearing or head down contact to another player. The National Collegiate Athletic Association only made "intentional" spearing illegal. This was changed to the NFL rule in 2006.
The "hip-drop tackle" is squarely in the NFL's crosshairs as the league continues its effort to make the game safer for its players. ... illegal form of tackling like a horse collar,” Drake ...
Professional and most scholastic American football team play has evolved from a single team with all players except limited substitutions playing the entire game, to a specialized "platoon" system consisting of three separate units (offensive, defensive, and "special teams" used for kicking and punting) with only one of the three being on the field at a time.