Six Changes In High School Football Rules

 

In its on going effort to minimize the risk of injury in high school football, the National Federation of State High School Associations Football Rules Committee expanded the provisions of unnecessary roughness to include contact with a defenseless player. This revision is one of six rule changes recommended by the Football Rules Committee at its meeting in Indianapolis, IN. The revised rule now reads, "No player or nonplayers shall make any contact with an opponent, including a defenseless player, which is deemed unnecessary or excessive and which incites roughness."