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The NFL's new helmet rule could eliminate the three-point stance and fundamentally change the game itself
The NFL has unveiled a new rule banning players from leading with their helmets, which is aimed at improving player safety. However, this rule will not only be difficult to implement and officiate properly but, speaking recently to Deadspin, former NFL lineman Geoff Schwartz explained that the rule could even lead to a fundamental change in how football is played.
"I think we're eventually going to go to where there's not going to be a three-point stance anymore," Schwartz told Deadspin. "Everyone's just going to have to be up, because that seems to be the way that they want this to go. I just worry that that change will fundamentally change the game.
The three-point stance is a football fixture. However, as Deadspin put it, " . . . Firing up out of a three-point stance invariably involves using one's helmet to either power through an opponent or holding one's ground. "
The NFL has unveiled a new rule banning players from leading with their helmets, which is aimed at improving player safety. However, this rule will not only be difficult to implement and officiate properly but, speaking recently to Deadspin, former NFL lineman Geoff Schwartz explained that the rule could even lead to a fundamental change in how football is played.
"I think we're eventually going to go to where there's not going to be a three-point stance anymore," Schwartz told Deadspin. "Everyone's just going to have to be up, because that seems to be the way that they want this to go. I just worry that that change will fundamentally change the game.
The three-point stance is a football fixture. However, as Deadspin put it, " . . . Firing up out of a three-point stance invariably involves using one's helmet to either power through an opponent or holding one's ground. "