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  1. Whether its football or life working earning wages i agree fully seniority is a tie breaker if everything is equal. it used to be an honor to just play/letter as a sophmore, i know freshemen got the saturday morning props, only diff in them and jrs and srs' which moved the ball wll, is the fr protected the ball and put td on the board. should fr start next game, no dont be crazy. but a little healthy competition initiated by coaching staff is great. if srs and jrs going to pout like they have the last three weeks and come out flat then i say go to fr sooner this week. no spot whether running back or lineman should be set in stone if not giving a enthusiastic 110%. anyone calling for swensons head doesnt know much about football and coaching and probably has never even coached a tball team. lol

  2. The National Federation of High Schools adopted the rule hoping to impress upon coaches and players the need to have all helmets properly snapped.

     

    One question that came up immediately is if a timeout could be substituted for a player leaving the game.

     

    Another change is more of a further definition of blocking below the waist.

     

    “In the past if someone is not in the free-blocking zone — if a defender’s hands touched you before you touched him — then all bets were off,†McWherter said.

     

    “Now, 95 percent of the time [the call] will be whether the initial surge was an illegal block. Did [the blocker] go low or did he start above the waist and a defender pushed him down low?â€

     

    Local referees director George Shuford indicated that it was not a major change.

     

    “It is an interpretation of calling the play. I don’t think coaches need to be concerned about it and I don’t think [the problem] is the way coaches are teaching,†he said.

     

    There was no mention of defenders chopping blockers below the waist, which at times presented itself last year.

     

    “There was some controversy on that last year where defenders were cutting offensive players, especially the fullback, out of the box and then in the box,†Slaughter said. “I was hoping there would be a rule that would eliminate defenders diving into offensive players’ legs. I don’t think there are that many backs or receivers blocking below the waist. It’s on defense where it’s a bigger issue.â€

  3. In gridiron football, a chop block is an attempt by an offensive player to cut block a defensive player who is already being blocked by another offensive player. The second block may need to be below the thigh or knee, depending on the code. In the NFL, NCAA, and in high school football, the penalty for a violation is 15 yards.[1]

     

    Chop blocks are banned because they are dangerous. They were first banned in the NCAA in 1980.[2]

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