Blocking Rules Of Night Football

Introduction

Night football can become very dirty at times, especially when there has been a misunderstanding between the two teams or if there has been some rivalry between them over the past. Due to this, some of the players might tackle the opposing team members with the intention of hurting them rather than taking the ball possession. Because of this, the National Football League has made many rules regarding offensive, as well as defensive game of night football. All of these rules should be followed and acted upon strictly by all the players, and strict action is taken against the offenders. Some of the blocking rules will be discussed in this article regarding this game.

History

Night football is considered the highest level of professional United States football. As of now, the league has thirty-two teams participating in it. These teams are further divided into two conferences and each conference has four divisions comprising of four teams each. Its regular season has a span of seventeen weeks in which the teams play sixteen games each.

Features

First and foremost rule is that the team member who is playing the role of an offense can block other team members only to assist the runner; besides this no interlocking interference is permitted. Apart from this, only the runner is allowed to use his hands to distract opposing team members, no other player is permitted to use his hands to block the members of the other team. The blocker in night football is not permitted to use his hands or even his arms with the intention of pushing the player from behind or doing any action with his arms and hands which may hinder the movement of the opposing player. No physical contact can be made with the face, neck and head of the player by the blocker. There are a number of rules regarding the use of hands, body and arms by the defender. Some of these include, firstly, their usage only as a protection against the runner or other team members of the opposing team, secondly, to obstruct the opponent by pushing or pulling him out of the line of scrimmage and thirdly, to push or pull the challenger team member in an officially permitted manner to gain the loose ball. They can also be used in an attempt to legally block a pass receiver of the opposing team. The members of the defense line are only permitted to use their palms above the shoulders of the opposing team members in order to ward him off. Blocking is permitted towards any opponent by all team members as long as it does not interfere in the pass, and fair catch.

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