No Helmet
- Thread starter BDog72
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Let me a bit more specific about the situation and my question. A ball carrier is running and a defensive player rips his helmet off by grabbing the face mask but the runner is held up by other defensive players. The runner was not down. Should the play be blown dead immediately and a 15 yard penalty assessed against the defense?
Shane
11-man fan
Like this?
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No whistle until after the runner took a helmet to his bare head and the pile was on the ground. He had to leave the game and go to the hospital for tests. Thankfully, no concussion or other serious injury. VERY lucky.
If it's not the rule to blow the whistle when a helmet comes off, it should be.
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No whistle until after the runner took a helmet to his bare head and the pile was on the ground. He had to leave the game and go to the hospital for tests. Thankfully, no concussion or other serious injury. VERY lucky.
If it's not the rule to blow the whistle when a helmet comes off, it should be.
Shane
11-man fan
fencewire":136z08ci said:
Agreed. I don't know if it was a facemask or any other penalty or not, but the whistle should have blown in my opinion.
fencewire":1qu5llr0 said:
The referee is right there watching this play unfold in front of him. He did call a facemask penalty but did NOT blow the whistle until the runner was on the ground. It is hard to tell in the pictures but the play continued for several seconds after his helmet was removed.
High Plains Drifter
11-man fan
Official looks like Nelson Campbell. Gordon folks, can it be?
Shane
11-man fan
I didn't post the pic in order to identify the ref personally. Let's not go there. In hindsight, I should have blurred his face, I guess.
Every ref that's ever worked a game has missed calls and made bad calls. That just happens. I doubt he let this play run in order to try to get the player hurt on purpose. He just failed to blow the whistle when he should have.
Every ref that's ever worked a game has missed calls and made bad calls. That just happens. I doubt he let this play run in order to try to get the player hurt on purpose. He just failed to blow the whistle when he should have.
When it comes to helmets coming off on the field, there are a lot of new things to think about this year.
1. When the ballcarrier's helmet comes off, the play is immediately dead.
2. If ANY player's helmet comes off during a play and the helmet did not come off as a result of a penalty by the other team, that player has to come out of the game for one play. He cannot be "bought back in" with a time-out and it doesn't matter if it was the last play of the second half.
3. Once a player's helmet comes off in the field of play, he is by definition OUT OF THE PLAY. As a result, if any player hits him, it is a 15-yard penalty against the player who hits the helmetless player.
4. Once a player's helmet comes off in the field of play, he cannot continue to participate in the play outside of the immediately action in which he was engaged. In other words, he can finish making a tackle or pick up a ball in his immediately vicinity, but he cannot take several steps to make a tackle, block, or otherwise participate in the play. If he does, it is a 15-yard penalty on the helmetless player.
1. When the ballcarrier's helmet comes off, the play is immediately dead.
2. If ANY player's helmet comes off during a play and the helmet did not come off as a result of a penalty by the other team, that player has to come out of the game for one play. He cannot be "bought back in" with a time-out and it doesn't matter if it was the last play of the second half.
3. Once a player's helmet comes off in the field of play, he is by definition OUT OF THE PLAY. As a result, if any player hits him, it is a 15-yard penalty against the player who hits the helmetless player.
4. Once a player's helmet comes off in the field of play, he cannot continue to participate in the play outside of the immediately action in which he was engaged. In other words, he can finish making a tackle or pick up a ball in his immediately vicinity, but he cannot take several steps to make a tackle, block, or otherwise participate in the play. If he does, it is a 15-yard penalty on the helmetless player.
