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Azeem Victor Targeting Call suspension will not be overturned
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RULES
Targeting and Initiating Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Rule 9-1-3)
No player shall target and initiate contact against an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. When in question, it is a foul.
Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4)
No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 2-27-14)
Note: Beginning in 2013, ejection from the game is a part of the penalty for violation of both Rule 9-1-3 and Rule 9-1-4.
Here is the point of impact
Any contact with the head is minimal and incidental...
However the Pac12 doesnt review or overturn Targetting calls: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/uwsports/2014/10/13/chris-petersen-says-were-looking-into-some-things-on-josh-perkins-penalty-suspension/
Targeting and Initiating Contact With the Crown of the Helmet (Rule 9-1-3)
No player shall target and initiate contact against an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. When in question, it is a foul.
Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4)
No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 2-27-14)
Note: Beginning in 2013, ejection from the game is a part of the penalty for violation of both Rule 9-1-3 and Rule 9-1-4.
Here is the point of impact
Any contact with the head is minimal and incidental...
However the Pac12 doesnt review or overturn Targetting calls: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/uwsports/2014/10/13/chris-petersen-says-were-looking-into-some-things-on-josh-perkins-penalty-suspension/
A Pac-12 spokesperson told the News Tribune: “The Conference does not overturn as that is the responsibility of the video replay crew. The crew confirmed the targeting call during the game and Perkins will be required by the playing rules to sit the first half of the next game.”
Comments
Target—to take aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with an apparent intent that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball.
Crown of the Helmet—the top portion of the helmet.
Contact to the head or neck area—not only with the helmet, but also with the forearm, fist, elbow, or shoulder—these can all lead to a foul.
Defenseless player—a player not in position to defend himself.
Examples (Rule 2-27-14):
A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.
A receiver attempting to catch a 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.
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.
KEY INDICATORS
Risk of a foul is high with one or more of these:
Launch—a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make contact in the head or neck area
A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with contact at the head or neck area—even though one or both feet are still on the ground
Leading with helmet, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with contact at the head or neck area
Lowering the head before attacking by initiating contact with the crown of the helmet
These indicate less risk of a foul:
Heads-up tackle in which the crown of the helmet does not strike above the shoulders
Wrap-up tackle
Head is to the side rather than being used to initiate contact
Incidental helmet contact that is not part of targeting but is due to the players changing position during the course of play
But basically what you said at the end is all that matters...
A Pac-12 spokesperson told the News Tribune: “The Conference does not overturn as that is the responsibility of the video replay crew. The crew confirmed the targeting call during the game and Perkins will be required by the playing rules to sit the first half of the next game.”
Aka we stick our head in the sand and take no responsibility for the fuckups we put in place
#FireTennisPoolBoy
If you don't want to get called for it, don't go near the QB's head.
It was Kesler. Not Kevin King. . . .
hth
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