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Football Rules Committee recommends restrictions on blocking

By Greg JohnsonNCAA.org
The NCAA Football Rules Committee is recommending changes that better manage blocking below the waist in an effort to enhance player safety. Some low blocks will remain legal, but the committee is attempting to eliminate unsuspecting players from absorbing low blocks.
The committee developed the recommendations at its meeting this week in Indianapolis. All rules recommendations must be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which meets via conference call April 14. The proposals will first be sent to the NCAA membership for comment.
Committee members cited player safety as the primary reason for modifying when players are allowed to block below the waist. Blocking below the waist will now be illegal except on scrimmage plays in the following instances:

• Wide receivers more than seven yards from the center at the snap of the ball can block below the waist only against a player facing him or toward the nearest sideline.
• Running backs/receivers in the backfield and outside the tackle box (the area five yards on either side of the center) or players in motion can block below the waist only on players facing them or toward the nearest sideline.