[thecoacher]

Soooooooo, if you're the defender, and your helmet comes off you can't make the tackle? I don't get it, what if you do? Personal foul? Let the kid get back up and keep running? Maybe I read that wrong, but that is the dumbest rule I've ever heard.

That is what I got from it. If your helmet does not come off in the act of making the tackle, you can not make the tackle. If you do, you get penalized. I understand it is for player safety, but is it better to get a penalty or give up a score?