[Husker] Joel Klatt's Chad May moment, live on ESPN(.com) (fwd)

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OK Mike let me give you an example. When I was a  senior in high school we were playing a game and the other team had a  kid break away up the sideline and only our safety was left to stop  him. Our safety reached out and grabbed his face mask and spun him  clear around, his feet even left the ground. It was clearly a cheap  tackle and would have drew the 15 yard penalty. Thankfully the kid got  up and returned to the huddle, but what if he wouldn't have been able  to? What if he had been hurt and couldnt play in the next game or the  rest of the season or even ever again? Should the player from my school  been allowed to stay in the game? What about playing while this kid  couldn't? I dont think so. It's just my opinion on this but I think if  you take a cheap shot like this and someone gets hurt you should sit  out as long as the other player. People would think twice about doing  this if their own career was on the line. 
  
  

Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:>  Thats why I think it would have to be a hit that drew a flag. I.E. a  late hit, face mask, clip etc. I dont think you could just go by  someones judgement of if it was cheap or not it would have to be  illegal. 

Obviously the first step would be to change the rules to define what a
'cheap hit' is and make it illegal.

Therein also lies the crux of the problem.  The NFL rules to protect
the QB are so difficult to enforce consistently that the officials 
themselves have complained about them.  Given the extent to which
college football fans already complain about inconsistent officiating,
do we really want more NFL-like rules? 

Also, if the hit is truly 'cheap' (which, like Justice Stewart, I cannot 
define but can probably recognize when I see it), then a 15 yard penalty 
is IMHO insuffficient.  

Officials are reluctant to throw players out of the game, possibly because 
of the impact that has not only on that game but on that team's next game, 
maybe what football needs are yellow cards like in soccer?

And there is also the possibility that changing the rules might actually
lead to more injuries.  It seemed to me that there were more injuries to
kick receivers during the era of the 'halo zone rule', for example, though
possibly fewer serious injuries.  
--
Mike Nolan

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