Targeting in High School Football: Player Safety, Code Creep, and Tough Judgment Calls

Is this targeting at the high school level? In this segment, we break down a player-safety play involving forcible contact to the head and neck area and discuss why high school targeting rules must be judged differently than what officials may see on Saturdays or Sundays. The conversation focuses on strike zone, forcible contact, illegal helmet contact, spearing, and why “code creep” from college…