The Raiders sought clarification on an unusual tactic for kickoffs. After initially granting approval, the league has reversed course on the rule interpretation it issued. Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson found a way to get a little extra elevation by having a teammate hold the ball while it was on the tee.
Rules School
Rules review video: getting away with feigning injury, late subs, and receivers out of bounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEm3RT4TeKw 2022 rules review video #2 National coordinator of football officials Steve Shaw posted his second weekly video this season addressing rules and interpretations in college football. Shaw again presented statistics on targeting fouls, saying that the foul occurs in out in 4.8 games on average, a slight increase to the 1-in-4.2 average
Rules review video: unusual fair-catch situation, new low-block rule, and a fumble into the pylon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t2VO8-UKY0 2022 rules review video #1 College football national coordinator of football officials Steve Shaw released his first video of 2022 discussing some rules and interpretations for the benefit of fans and the media: Shaw highlighted the statistics of targeting fouls, noting that there is one targeting foul in about 4.2 games on
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Faked extra point is good, but it’s worth 0 points
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Dissecting blindside blocks: when is it legal or illegal?
Analysis by Rich Madrid There has been a great deal of confusion among fans as to what constitutes a blindside block. Part of that confusion stems from the fact that in 2019, the NFL competition committee changed the rules on blindside blocks. Originally, the rule covered only forcible contact to the
Roughing the passer will be ‘exactly the same’ in 2019, but what are officials looking for?
Embed from Getty Images Beginning this season, officials will be applying the following interpretations to the roughing the passer rule that caused much controversy last season and that we covered numerous times (here, here, and here among them). Through the first three weeks last season, officials threw 34 flags for roughing