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[SlowGettingUp]

Why not? Should he cease to go after the ball carrier and just hope the next guy gets him?

I think you must have misunderstood what I was trying to say.

Here's the scenario I was contemplating:

Player A blocks player B in the side.
Player B immediately twists and turns his back on player A, so the block in the side is converted into a block in the back.

I'm saying that should not be a block in the back penalty, consistent with the situation where B twists just before contact, which is not a penalty.

 

[Kontradiction]

I think you must have misunderstood what I was trying to say.

Here's the scenario I was contemplating:

Player A blocks player B in the side.
Player B immediately twists and turns his back on player A, so the block in the side is converted into a block in the back.

I'm saying that should not be a block in the back penalty, consistent with the situation where B twists just before contact, which is not a penalty.

I understood. It’s a block in the back. That’s why I asked what the defender who is blocked in the side is supposed to do as the ball carrier is running by him? Of course he’s going to turn and try to run him down. If the block continues, it’s a penalty. Them’s the rules.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

Of course he’s going to turn and try to run him down.

Why would he do that instead of simply provoking the penalty instead? Someone blocks you in the side, you simply turn your back to him and chances are that he ends up on your back (because of momentum) and is penalized.

 

[Kontradiction]

Why would he do that instead of simply provoking the penalty instead? Someone blocks you in the side, you simply turn your back to him and chances are that he ends up on your back (because of momentum) and is penalized.

Because, as we saw, the flag may not get thrown.