This may be one of those deals where the 'horse collar" penalty is called so inconsistently between officiating crews that it will have to be revisited again next off season and refined. While I'm not a big fan of the rule itself, I don't really think it is a huge issue. Seriously, how many of these type tackles are made during a NFL weekend? 2? 3? I don't know the exact answer, but I watch enough NFL football to know that tackling style isn't all that prevalent. Like someone else said, this rule was passed to keep this tackling style from being copied and used by more players.
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