Tag: hair tackle

It’s not a horse-collar if you grab the mane

by Ben Austro - 0

Last year, we wondered (in a pun-filled headline) if a pull of an opponent's long hair could be one of the elements of an illegal horse-collar tackle. One of the criteria of a horse-collar tackle is to grab a player from the shoulder area and pull him backwards. But, if long

Hair’s a ‘dread’-ful call

by Ben Austro - 2

Week 11: Lions at Cowboys Maybe it is some sort of unwritten code in professional football circles, but you rarely see a player tackled by long hair sticking out of the helmet. It may considered poor practice to tackle a player that way, but it is entirely legal. The rules consider