The Competitors Committee made official its proposal to ban hip-drop tackles, following the edict of Commissioner Roger Goodell. A defender would face a 15-yard penalty for grabbing the ball provider with each arms or wrapping the ball provider with each arms, after which swiveling or dropping his hopes or decrease physique and touchdown on and trapping the runner’s leg beneath the knees.
On Wednesday, the NFLPA once more said its opposition to any rule prohibiting the sort out.
“The gamers oppose any try by the NFL to implement a rule prohibiting a ‘swivel hip-drop’ sort out,” the NFLPA wrote on social media. “Whereas the NFLPA stays dedicated to enhancements to our sport with well being and security in thoughts, we can’t help a rule change that causes confusion for us as gamers, for coaches, for officers, and particularly, for followers. We name on the NFL, once more, to rethink the implementing this rule.”
The hip-drop sort out first turned a priority when then-49ers security Jimmie Ward significantly injured then-Cowboys operating again Tony Pollard in a 2022 postseason sport. Since then, the NFL’s damage information has proven that hip-drop tackles enhance the chance of damage by 25 instances the damage price of a regular sort out.
The NFL recognized 105 hip-drop tackles within the 20,000 tackles reviewed the previous two seasons. Ryan Tannehill, Geno Smith, Mark Andrews, Tyreek Hill and Deshaun Watson have been among the many gamers who have been taken down by a hip-drop sort out final season.
NFL govt vp of soccer ops Troy Vincent conceded final month that the hip-drop sort out might show onerous to officiate, with fines extra possible than flags.
“Most makes use of of the helmet are captured the week after,” Vincent stated.
Prohibiting the hip-drop sort out will take the approval of at the very least 24 NFL house owners at subsequent week’s annual spring conferences in Orlando.
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