The NFL continues to vouch for player safety.
As such, they continue to constantly revise rules to make the game safer.
With that in mind, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent recently revealed that the league is currently revising yet another rule.
The league is looking to eliminate low blocks, arguing that all blocks should be above the knee but below the neck:
“The low block below the knee needs to be removed from the game,” Vincent said. “You look at high school, you look at college, too. Every block should be above the knee, but below the neck.”
Lower-body injuries have been an ongoing concern for the league for years now.
The league has already taken a major step toward fixing this by eliminating the hip-drop tackle and penalizing cut and chop blocks.
The subjective nature of those penalties has made it controversial at times, and defensive players aren’t particularly fond of those decisions, as playing defense is already difficult as it is.
Outlawing low blocks would force opposing players to make significant adjustments to their technique.
Some argue that the league’s constant efforts to make the game safer have taken part of the essence away from it, which might be true to a degree.
Then again, we’ve seen the physical burden and toll the game of football has taken on so many lives, and if the league can do something to preserve the players’ well-being once their playing days are over, so be it.
Granted, they make millions of dollars to put their bodies on the line week in and week out, but they’re not just big-bodied people running around; they’re human beings.
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