NFL owners have agreed to ban the "hip drop" tackling technique where a defender uses their weight to pull an offensive playmaker to the ground.
In other words: Defenders can no longer do their jobs.
The violation will result in a 15-yard penalty if flagged in games, but Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, strongly implied last week that it is likely to be enforced similarly to the "use of helmet" rule, which typically leads to warning letters and fines in the week after a game rather than flags during play.
The proposal was written to address only a subset of the rugby tackling style that has spread around the NFL in recent years, competition committee chairman Rich McKay said last week.
If you want to know the opinion of many football players, Pat McAfee (LANGUAGE) explained why defenders hate the new rule.
Here's one of the best defenders of all time letting you know his thoughts on the new rule.
More subjective judgment calls that let the officials influence the outcome of the game? Exactly what everyone was asking for [NOTE: SARCASM].
Football was fun while it lasted.
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