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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1116538" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Me? I'd allow the soak tackle - dipped ball carrier, upright tackler, heads well away from each other.</p><p>What I can't work out, is a wording for it that wouldn't overly complicate and already complicated set of laws.</p><p></p><p>The purpose of boxing and MMA is to batter your opponent into submission, with concussing them being the prime goal of achieving that.</p><p>In rugby, hitting someone in the head has always been illegal, so it's a partially accepted side-effect of playing rugby; and consequently needs to be mitigated as much as reasonably achievable (with "reasonably achievable" being decided by law courts and requires valid efforts to be made)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Could you explain how please?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1116538, member: 73592"] Me? I'd allow the soak tackle - dipped ball carrier, upright tackler, heads well away from each other. What I can't work out, is a wording for it that wouldn't overly complicate and already complicated set of laws. The purpose of boxing and MMA is to batter your opponent into submission, with concussing them being the prime goal of achieving that. In rugby, hitting someone in the head has always been illegal, so it's a partially accepted side-effect of playing rugby; and consequently needs to be mitigated as much as reasonably achievable (with "reasonably achievable" being decided by law courts and requires valid efforts to be made) Could you explain how please? [/QUOTE]
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