NFL's Competition Committee proposes rule change for lessening blows on wide receivers

Filed in archive NFL on March 19, 2010

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Pro football is expected to get safer as the NFL's competition committee is recommending rule changes for lessening blows on wide receivers.

Rich McKay, Co-chairman, Competition Committee stated:

The difference would be that currently the protection provided for the defenseless receiver ends when the receiver has completed the catch, meaning possession of the ball with two feet on the ground. We would propose language that would say that if a receiver has completed the catch and has not had time to protect himself, a defensive player is prohibited from launching into him in a way that causes the defensive player's helmet, face mask, shoulder or forearm to forcibly strike the receiver's head.

In case of needless roughness, the penalty will be around fifteen yards. Players of today are bigger, faster and stronger and hits are getting harder and dangerous and therefore rule change is necessary. Some people won't accept the fact that football can be a hard hitting sport and therefore changes are required.