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Message: [QUOTE="Palatine, post: 4762856, member: 974"] ARTICLE 4. No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting. When in question, it is a foul. ... Note 1: "Targeting" means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball. Some [I]indications of targeting[/I] (emphasis NCAA's) include but are not limited to: [LIST] [*]Launch-a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make forcible contact in the head or neck area [*]A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area, even though one or both feet are still on the ground [*]Leading with helmet, shoulder, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area [*]Lowering the head before attacking by initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet [/LIST] Note 2: Defenseless player (Rule 2-27-14). When in question, a player is defenseless. [I]Examples of defenseless players include but are not limited to:[/I] [LIST] [*]A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass [*]A receiver attempting to catch a forward pass or in position to receive a backward pass, or one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier [*]A kicker in the act of or just after kicking a ball, or during the kick or the return [*]A kick returner attempting to catch or recover a kick, or one who has completed a catch or recovery and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier [*]A player on the ground [*]A player obviously out of the play [*]A player who receives a blind-side block [*]A ball carrier already in the grasp of an opponent and whose forward progress has been stopped [*]A quarterback any time after a change of possession a ball carrier who has obviously given himself up and is sliding feet first" [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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