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NFL bans hip-drop tackle despite NFLPA's objections [View all]
ORLANDO, Fla. — The NFL has officially banned the hip-drop tackle after a vote at the spring owners meetings.
A source confirmed the news to Yahoo Sports shortly before the announcement.
Momentum has been building for months now to ban the hip-drop tackle, which league competition committee executive vice president Jeff Miller said “results in about a 25 times rate of injury as a typical tackle.”
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Though there's been scrutiny over what exactly constitutes a hip-drop tackle, competition committee chairman Rich McKay played a video compilation of examples during media availability Monday:
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https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-bans-hip-drop-tackle-despite-nflpas-objections-150902401.html
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