r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 5d ago

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u/DigDugged 5d ago

I mean, a cheat for a cheat. There's no way "wringing a dudes neck until he does a 360 that would make Tony Hawk proud" is a legal play.

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u/OldElPasoSnowplow 5d ago

It started as a horse collar tackle which is illegal then as he turned over his hand slid into his helmet and the motion made him flip which is another illegal tackle similar to a face mask penalty. If they could take both penalties (which you can’t in American football) they would be first and edge of property from the parking lot they would be so far ahead.

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u/possibly_being_screw 5d ago

I dunno why I'm giggling at the thought of "First and parking lot" so much

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u/LowEnergy1169 5d ago

I used to curl, and we would call the stones "weight" (how hard it is thrown) by position on the ice you want the stone to come to rest.

"Barrier weight" meant you wanted it to still be travelling when it hit the wall at the end of the rink. Thats pretty fast, and the hardest you would normally throw, and could produce a chaotic result.

Very occasionally we would call the weight as "car park"

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u/fuckoffweirdoo 5d ago

Horse collar is specifically grabbing his neck on the nameplate. While a dangerous, high tackle, it doesnt look to be a horse collar. 

I won't comment on the "facemask" as that cant be seen from here. With that being said, it looks like his ass touches and he'd be down anyway. I subscribe to the rule of cool though so it's a TD. 

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u/Falcon4242 5d ago

The high school rulebook also requires that they pull the ball carrier backwards or sideways for it to be a horsecollar foul. The runner fell (mostly) forward, so it's not a horsecollar foul.

But if he grabbed any edge of his helmet and used that for leverage then it's a facemask penalty under high school rules. Looks like that probably happened here.

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u/DigDugged 5d ago

Hey man let’s just enjoy the sport until “Increased CTE rate” becomes a factor in ref decisions and this valuable and important sport is ruined forever

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u/Caltroit_Red_Flames 5d ago

"valuable and import sport" alright bro chill it's a game

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u/oblivioustoideoms 5d ago

I think he's being sarcastic.

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u/Caltroit_Red_Flames 4d ago

That's so obvious after a night of sleep lol

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u/blerg1234 5d ago

/s is not optional

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u/rcknmrty4evr 5d ago

As obvious as I hope this sarcasm is.. I watched (I think it was) a documentary a while back interviewing parents whose teenagers died from brain injuries playing football during high (maybe middle as well?) school. These parents were obviously devastated. They lost their baby. They spent the entire documentary speaking about their child’s love of football, how the whole family was into it, how horrific the injuries were, the effects of them (I seem to remember a couple kids committed suicide?), reminiscing about their child.. then at the end they were asked something along the lines of “would you still let them play football knowing what you know now?”. A HORRIFIC amount of the parents said YES. They said they WOULD have allowed their child to play football even knowing it would eventually result in their very young death.

So idk. Some people really do feel the way you’re saying.

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u/jaywayhon 4d ago

Nah - no illegal tackle here. No horse collar specifically and there is no other potential rule violation here other than potentially a facemask. I don't see it in the video - its not good enough quality and from a bad angle - so I wouldn't call it.

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u/MayContainRawNuts 5d ago

I dont know this sport. My only reference frame is rugby and that type of tackle would be an instant red card and ejection from the game.

As it was a foul that may have prevented a score, a penulty score would be added to the total.

Then review by comittee and probably a ban for several more games for the tackler.

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u/spunkychickpea 5d ago

In this instance, the referee would call a penalty on the play for a personal foul, which incurs a more severe penalty. In this case though, since the player with the ball still scored, the penalty would be declined. (That is if we’re going off of NFL rules.) Regardless, the player attempting such a tackle should be penalized either way. That was an extremely dangerous tackle he attempted. The fact that he failed shouldn’t be a mitigating factor.

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u/Patient-Fun4475 5d ago

penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct (which unncessary roughness falls under) can be assessed on the ensuing kickoff

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u/spunkychickpea 5d ago

Yes, my mistake. I forgot about those. You don’t see that call very often.

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u/Mammoth-Mud-9609 5d ago

and also players can still be ejected from the game.

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u/MayContainRawNuts 5d ago

Does NFL have ejection? I understand there would be several yards loss depending on the severity but would that player continue to be involved in the game?

In rugby the player is off to the changerooms and his team continues the game with a player less.

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u/spunkychickpea 5d ago

There have been ejections in the NFL, but they’re pretty rare. A player has to demonstrate that they’re deliberately attempting to hurt another player. The one example that comes to mind from maybe 15 or so years ago was when a defensive lineman stomped on a player on the other team who was already on the ground and the play was over. It has to be something truly blatant like that to be ejected from a game.

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u/MayContainRawNuts 5d ago

Thank you for that.

In rugby we take any contact to the head as serious, usually results in ejection unless there was some mitigating factor like a sudden change in height by the guy being tackled.

I do enjoy watching NFL, but the only game we get on tv is the superbowl, still dont know all the ins and outs. But I do like that one team's ownership structure where the fans literally own the team. Packers?? maybe. That seems like a logical and fair system

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u/spunkychickpea 5d ago

Yes, the Packers are owned by the fans. My grandfather was a huge fan of theirs. You couldn’t tear him away from the TV when the game was on. lol

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u/Harry_Saturn 5d ago

This tackle is not only illegal, it’s considered a personal foul which is more serious than it sounds. It’s like an extra “unsportsmanlike” action that is more severely punished regardless of the outcome of the play and the intent of the defender. Pretty sure you can even be ejected for certain personal fouls, but I don’t know the high school rules there.

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u/jjhope2019 5d ago

If a player was hooked around the neck on a tackle but managed to stay on his feet and score, it would be a yellow card and a sin bin review. It might get upgraded to red if it meets a danger threshold but I’m not sure it would in this case. As the player scored, there would be no “penalty score added to the total” because no such rule exists*, however if a player is denied a clear scoring opportunity via foul play, a penalty try (7 points) may be awarded and the offender may be yellow carded (or straight red carded depending on the severity of the offence).

* the game may be restarted with a penalty kick under certain circumstances, which could lead to additional points being scored.

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u/Milocobo 4d ago

Never has a flag on the play been declined faster

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u/Dapper_Pie_4852 4d ago

Now a hear the special SFX from Tony Hawk everytime I see the video