horsecollar rule is BS
SI.com - Writers - TK - Monday May 23, 2005 11:31AM
4. I think one other thing the NFL will discuss this week is that horse-collar tackle thing. And if I’m a defensive player, I’m really ticked off about it. Tell me something: When you’re diving to make a tackle, and you grab onto a guy’s shoulder pads or something in the neck region, and you jerk the guy down, what’s wrong with that? A few injuries have happened, freaky injuries, because of these odd tackles, but you can’t ban a tackle because a defender is grabbing onto equipment or a jersey and happens to jerk the guy down awkwardly. This is football. It’s violent. It’s risky. Dumb rule, if it passes.
there. my list mentor PK says it all. with ALL the rules favoring offensive players. with as big and strong and fast as they are, if a guy gets by you, you find a way to bring him down. HELLO, the nfl said if you have long hair that comes out of your helmet, a defender is allowed to tackle you by your hair. but now grabbing the back/neck of the pads is going to be outlawed?
