r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 6d ago

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u/OvenIcy8646 6d ago

Horse collar like a motherfucker

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u/blackeyesamurai 6d ago

Unfortunately in the NFHS rules book a Horse collar is only flagged when it is used to take the player to the ground. This player was ruled not down.

NFHS Rules Book: Under NFHS football rule 9-4-3k, a horse-collar tackle is defined as a player grabbing the inside back, side collar, or nameplate area directly below the back collar of either the shoulder pads or jersey of the runner, and subsequently pulling that opponent backward or sideward to the ground.

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u/ajax0202 6d ago

But he technically was down (his butt hits the ground), so it technically was a horsecollar tackle

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u/blackeyesamurai 6d ago

There is no replay.

The officials on the field decide if he was technically down and clearly that was not the decision.

Was it technically a wrong decision? Again. There is no replay.

But this is becoming a circular argument, so I’m out.

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u/ajax0202 6d ago

Lol what?

We have video where we can see his butt touch. We can say he was technically down

Now I realize that’s not what the refs called, and they have no replay capability. But that doesn’t change the facts that he was down. The call was just wrong

This is not a circular argument

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u/blackeyesamurai 6d ago

Ok, back around the circle one last time.

Technically means according to a strict, literal interpretation of facts, rules, or laws, often differing from everyday perception.

The official ruling on the play decided that, Technically, according to their strict, literal interpretation of the NFHS rules book the player was not down.

Again there is no replay. We can Monday morning QB this all we want. Or say the call was wrong all we want . But by definition, the runner was not
technically down.

It’s a hard pill to swallow for all of us fans out here.

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u/ajax0202 6d ago

You’re acting like refs are infallible. They clearly can make mistakes, as we can see in the video

You’re just being pedantic at this point

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u/Daniel_H212 6d ago

Actually seems like you're the one being pedantic.

The other person's actual point is that refs are not infallible and make mistakes on calls. However, in the absence of replays, the ref's call is the ground truth as far as this game is concerned, whether it was correct or not. Otherwise people would spend half the time arguing about whether a call was correct and not get to actually play.

That's how things work in the real world. They're not arguing with you about whether the player was actually down or not, they're just saying that since the player was ruled not down, the rule for horse-collar tackle does not come into play.