NFL Bans 'Hip-Drop Tackle' Despite Objections From NFLPA

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The NFL this week announced a ban on what it calls the "hip-drop tackle" despite fervent objections from the league's players association. 

On Monday the NFL Competition Committee announced that it had passed three new rule changes for the 2024 season, but the most impactful (and hardest to identify and enforce) will be the "swivel hip-drop" tackling technique, which involves a a defender grabbing the ball carrier with both arms, going weightless and then falling and swiveling in such a way as to bring the player to the ground and land on their legs. 

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