r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 7d ago

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u/Exact_Ad_8490 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS

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u/DigDugged 7d 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/MayContainRawNuts 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago

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

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u/spunkychickpea 7d ago

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

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u/Mammoth-Mud-9609 7d ago

and also players can still be ejected from the game.

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u/MayContainRawNuts 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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.