Rule 9-1-4: No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck areas of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul.

The league implemented the new rule in late March. Under the new directive, it is a foul if a player lowers his head to initiate and make contact with the helmet on an opponent.

Now that the college football schedule is set to kick into gear, we thought it was a good time to offer a rundown of the new rules in effect for the 2024 college football season. While many ...

"We've upgraded that now to a black card offence." Head-on-head contact Amend Rule Category III Infraction, 5.17 to include (i.e. a Red Card): "To behave in any way which is dangerous to an opponent.

The NFL can seem extremely complicated to those who are new to the sport. But once you break down the key rules, it becomes ...

The rules revision says that the spot for enforcement of fouls behind the line of scrimmage — such as a holding penalty — is enforced from the previous spot, rather than the spot of the foul.