americancontrol
americancontrol t1_iy297ut wrote
Reply to ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
Its an illegal play, otherwise this likely would be employed in short yardage situations to catapult players over the line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helping_the_runner
". . .but the runner shall not grasp a teammate and no other player of his team shall grasp, push, lift or charge into him to assist in gaining forward progress."
americancontrol t1_iy2dkv6 wrote
Reply to comment by GoForPapaPalpy in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
Looks like the pushing clause was removed in 2013 (from the NFL at least), good catch.
https://www.footballzebras.com/2019/11/when-is-it-a-foul-for-pulling-a-ball-carrier-forward/