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Originally Posted by Leo_The_Lip
The Flying Wedge was banned in 1894, two years after it was introduced and years before Teddy R was elected President.
TR threatened football in 1905 and the response was to change the rules to a seven man line with only one man in motion so teams could not send three guys in motion to gain momentum to crack into the defenders, thus causing injuries. Fielding Yost of Michigan (and its 'Point a minute' offense) was the major offender at the time.
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Thanks for the clarification; I think the issue at hand was that while the wedge was technically banned, the ideas behind it were still very much in the game and had to be legislated out because people were literally dying every week. I remember how tragic it was when Curtis Williams was paralyzed after a bad hit while playing for my alma mater the Washington Huskies in the early 2000s (he succumbed to his injuries a year later); I can’t even imagine how the nation would react if there were 30 such hits in one season.