Re: Why is the throat slash a major penalty?

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 03:19:03 GMT, Dave wrote:

> You can blindside a quarterback, knock a receiver's helmet
> off, and piledrive a punt returner, and usually get away
> with it.  Why is the throat slash such a big deal?

It's considered taunting, which is against the rules.  None of those
other things you mentioned are illegal.
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