North Carolina High School Football Player Starts Rules Debate With Electric Illegal Touchdown In Championship

Crest quarterback Namajay Thompson scored one of the coolest touchdowns of the entire high school football season during the ...
SFGate

Hurdling once was against rules

Cal's Shane Vereen seemed surprised when he was told NCAA rules once did not allow ball carriers to hurdle an opponent. The rule probably was designed to avoid the kind of dangerous injury Jahvid Best ...
Sports Illustrated

NCAA: No hurdling to block kicks; status quo for targeting

The NCAA rules committee said Friday it wants to make it illegal for defenders to hurdle linemen to block a kick and to expand what constitutes a horse-collar The NCAA rules committee said Friday it ...
The Desert Sun

Should hurdling be legal in high school football?

So you're a football player. You've got the ball and you're running full speed in the open field. A defender is barreling toward you. There's no room to go right or left. He launches toward your waist ...
Oregonian

Grant's Chris Lewis flagged for hurdling a defender, but should it be a penalty?: Video and Poll

Midway through the fourth quarter of a tie game, Chris Lewis took a pitch out wide followed his blocks to the sideline and hurdled a defender before he was knocked out of bounds. Lewis got a first ...
The New York Times

FOOTBALL REFORM CODE HAS BEEN COMPLETED; Committee Adopts Final Rules at Meeting at Murray Hill Hotel. GAME TEN MINUTES SHORTER Hurdling, Holding, and Tripping Defined ...

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The New York Times

HARVARD PLANS REFORM OF FOOTBALL RULES; Radical Changes Demanded or Crimson Will Act Alone. WARNING TO THE COMMITTEE Low Tackling, Hurdling, and Piling Up of Players Are ...

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