The approval of a ban on hip-drop tackles would be the headline on guidelines modifications at this 12 months’s league assembly, however the league additionally approve a change to how fouls are enforced on performs leading to a change of possession.
The Competitors Committee proposed a change that might enable for penalties for main fouls dedicated by the offense — pointless roughness, for instance — earlier than the change of possession to be enforced on performs when there are fouls dedicated by each groups. The proposal was made as a result of fouls by the offense in that scenario have been ignored and the Committee stated it needed “consistency with an effort to implement all main fouls.”
On Monday, the NFL introduced that the proposal was accredited in a vote of group house owners. Two-thirds of the league’s groups must approve a change for it to change into a part of the rulebook.
The league additionally accredited a proposal to permit groups a 3rd problem if both of their first two is profitable.
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