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March 30, 2024 6 mins

Today’s topic the hip drop tackle.  To be honest, I had no clue what it was until I saw it on YouTube.  A hip-drop tackle is when a defender wraps up an offensive player on the side or from behind, becoming dead-weight while often landing on the player's legs. The technique has become popular as players get faster and stronger, giving smaller defenders a chance in a league.  I do understand the rationale behind the competition committee banning this move.  By banning this tackle the belief is there will be a reduction in injuries.  League executives began saying last year, inflicted injury at 25 times the rate of the average tackle. And this wasn't just any injury, the league's health and safety committee said. This was a time-loss injury.  Robert Griffin III, another former player-turned-commentator, posted a video to his X feed and wrote: “With the NFL unanimously voting to ban the Hip-Drop tackle, it’s only a matter of time before football as we know it, is just physical flag football.”  Let’s take a trip to a simpler and more violent time in football.  The year 1906, in college football terms, this year is best known as the year the forward pass was first legalized.  The major focus of changes was to open up the game and to make the game less brutal.  Mind you this was when they wore leather helmets or nothing at all.

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