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N.F.L. to Consider Rule on Runners Lowering Helmets - NYTimes.comN.F.L. owners will consider a significant rule change at their annual meeting next week that would prohibit players – runners and defenders – from using the crown of their helmets to initiate contact and deliver a forcible blow.
The rule, which would affect plays outside of the small space called the tackle box – anything in space and downfield would be subject to it — was endorsed by an 8-0 vote of the competition committee during meetings last week, according to John Mara, the president of the Giants and a member of the committee. For the rule to pass during next week’s meeting in Arizona, 24 of the 32 owners must approve it, and Mara said the unanimous vote of the competition committee – which consists of owners, coaches and other team executives – left him optimistic that would happen.
LOL very soon team huddles will look like