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Old 10-26-2008, 06:01 PM
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What is the rule for when your running figure turns and runs backwards ? I seriously need to know because im tired of it happening & not knowing how to deal with the problem .
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Old 10-26-2008, 06:09 PM
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Old 10-26-2008, 06:13 PM
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That's right! You must repaint the man with a purple helmet, purple pants, white shirt and affix the number "70" to his uniform and rename the dude JIM MARSHALL!

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Old 10-26-2008, 06:32 PM
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What is the rule for when your running figure turns and runs backwards ? I seriously need to know because im tired of it happening & not knowing how to deal with the problem .
The moment the ball carrier turns the opposite way it's a dead ball. If the ball carrier is running sideline to sideline, the ball is still in play until he turns away from the line of scrimmage.

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Old 10-26-2008, 06:54 PM
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That's right! You must repaint the man with a purple helmet, purple pants, white shirt and affix the number "70" to his uniform and rename the dude JIM MARSHALL!

That's another way to go although I am a Vikings fan.
There is a stop action football video on youtube in electric football style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_d9hBAurc4
And continue the discussion, because I am not trying to jump the thread.
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Old 10-26-2008, 06:56 PM
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I just use a double circle rule. If the runner completes two circles without being tackled, I mark forward progress.
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Old 10-26-2008, 07:16 PM
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I always put the wrong way man in a beaker and watch it melt, a slow cruel death over a candle warmer. This would be just like the wicked witch of the west but without water. For those in need of immediate gratification, bunsen burners and blow torches always get WAY faster results. I then remold the plastic into a Frankenstein base and send it to Mike Robertson in the DFW EFL. Sorry Mike...the secret' s out now.
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Old 10-26-2008, 07:24 PM
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forward progession..that's it


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Old 10-26-2008, 10:22 PM
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I think almost every league uses the forward progress rule. When I was younger we allowed one stop after the line of scrimmage when the ball carrier starts to turn backwards to adjust him and only him, while the defense could adjust any defender not touched by an opponent. I don't know any league that uses anything like that now but it was fun as a kid and made for more scoring and longer plays.
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