I don’t watch the nfl usually for obvious reasons but their stupidity usually trickles down to the NCAA. One of the most flagrant abuses in football causing injuries today is the “defenseless player” intentionally putting themselves in an irreversible situation to draw a 15 yard penalty and possible ejection of the defender. Mahomes is one of the biggest abusers of this, using the late hit rule for out of bounds, so when he nears the line he jukes and gets more yardage because the defender either has to let him or incur a penalty. In the NCAA the late slide is just as prevalent and just as over penalized. Tom Brady is absolutely correct in this, they player initiating the most harm is the one sliding, if they slide late they are risking egregious injury which is way more serious than what the rules were designed to “protect”. The only reason this ruleset exists is to create more offensive yards and more scores, otherwise the only logical way is to make the slider responsible for their and the other players safety.
Yeah, I've noticed a rise in fake slides or faking a step out of bound. They still haven't really solved helmet to helmet contact when the offensive player lowers his head. The rules are so offense protected it's absurd. And the new kickoff is faggy
The prob isn’t the fake slide as much as intentionally sliding late for yards and to draw a penalty. Hitting the slider is so over penalized that the only way to avoid it is to wait down the field with no forward momentum at any given moment so that the slider can initiate the slide and hit you headfirst. It’s an insane policy that leads to more injuries because it incentivizes sliding late to draw the penalty after the defender has committed to the tackle.
I don’t watch the nfl usually for obvious reasons but their stupidity usually trickles down to the NCAA. One of the most flagrant abuses in football causing injuries today is the “defenseless player” intentionally putting themselves in an irreversible situation to draw a 15 yard penalty and possible ejection of the defender. Mahomes is one of the biggest abusers of this, using the late hit rule for out of bounds, so when he nears the line he jukes and gets more yardage because the defender either has to let him or incur a penalty. In the NCAA the late slide is just as prevalent and just as over penalized. Tom Brady is absolutely correct in this, they player initiating the most harm is the one sliding, if they slide late they are risking egregious injury which is way more serious than what the rules were designed to “protect”. The only reason this ruleset exists is to create more offensive yards and more scores, otherwise the only logical way is to make the slider responsible for their and the other players safety.
Yeah, I've noticed a rise in fake slides or faking a step out of bound. They still haven't really solved helmet to helmet contact when the offensive player lowers his head. The rules are so offense protected it's absurd. And the new kickoff is faggy
The fake slide was made illegal after Kenny Pickett did it in college a few years back.
And they acted fast--they changed the rules mid-season.
However, your and Ahaus' other points are valid. Especially if they just...don't call it.
I quit watching the NBA after about 25 years for similar reasons. So much flopping, and the three-pointer is fucking broken.
The last game I watched, players shot 27 threes in a row...and missed all 27. In a playoffs Game 7.
The prob isn’t the fake slide as much as intentionally sliding late for yards and to draw a penalty. Hitting the slider is so over penalized that the only way to avoid it is to wait down the field with no forward momentum at any given moment so that the slider can initiate the slide and hit you headfirst. It’s an insane policy that leads to more injuries because it incentivizes sliding late to draw the penalty after the defender has committed to the tackle.