(Getty Images) The list of folks who loudly voiced their displeasure last month with the league's new crown-of-the-helmet rule is both long and notable. Starting next season, ball-carriers or ...

NEW RULE: A ban on a ball carrier initiating contact with the crown of his helmet in the open field or by a defender while making a tackle. What the rule changes: A 15-yard penalty will be called ...

NFL owners have rewritten the rule on using the crown of the helmet, making it a 15-yard penalty to initiate any hit with it. Rich McKay, chairman of the competition committee and president and ...

The rule could now be expanding. The Competition Committee has proposed expanding the prohibition to include not just the crown of the helmet but the hairline. A total of 24 votes from ownership will ...

Under the rule, a ball carrier can be penalized under certain circumstances for using the crown of his helmet to strike a defensive player forcibly. “I don’t know who said what or none of that ...

NFL owners voted Wednesday to approve all proposed rules changes, including the controversial crown-of-the-helmet rule, which seeks to eliminate the use of a helmet as a weapon. That rule passed ...

The NCAA has issued two new interpretations to guide how officials should identify targeting fouls, one of which is meant to clarify the exact location of the "crown" -- the part of the helmet ...

San Francisco running back Carlos Hyde has been fined $23,152 by the NFL for using the crown of his helmet to make contact with Giants linebacker Jon Beason. Beason sustained a concussion on the ...