Be the Referee: Football Rules Changes
September 5, 2019
This week, MHSAA Assistant Director Brent Rice discusses a pair of football rules changes made the enhance safety.
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment - Football Safety Rules Changes - Listen
Among our football rules changes for this year are two which involve player safety.
The foul for tripping has been expanded to include a trip on the ball carrier. Intentionally tripping any player on the field – using the lower leg or foot to obstruct an opponent below the knees – will result in a 15-yard penalty.
And the definition of a horse-collar tackle has been expanded to include bringing down a runner backwards or sideways by grabbing the nameplate area on the back of the jersey – or inside the neck area of the jersey or shoulder plate. The penalty for a horse-collar tackle is 15 yards.
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Unforgettable 5ive: 2021 Football Week 3
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Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
September 15, 2021
Here's a look at our Week 3 "Unforgettable 5ive" from MHSAA.tv and MHSAA media partner broadcasts:
► Goodrich's Caden Kolanowski takes the punt back 51 yards for the score in the Martians' 48-0 win over Clio.
► Livonia Churchill gets a touchdown just before half when Bailey Brooks hauls in the tipped pass from Taj Williams. Churchill would go on to defeat Belleville 28-21.
► Watervliet beats Buchanan 19-13 thanks in part to this 79-yard touchdown pass and catch from Tyson Williams to Chase Tremblay,
► Detroit Martin Luther King's Dante Moore finds Joseph Williams for the touchdown as King would defeat Cass Tech 41-34.
► Ovid-Elsie gets a 25-yard game-winning field goal from Colin Fluharty with 11 seconds left in a 23-22 win over Montrose.
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