[quote=Anonymous]If it is hard and legal, how can it also be excessive?[/quot
When you see a player get a 6 to 10 foot full running start and plow into a player at full speed, that is excessive. Some of these hits, that are legal but considered excessive will be called. These kind of hits are what cause concussions and other serious and unnecessary injuries even though they are a "legal" hit. Illegal hits, high or to the head or cross checks etc are easier to call. Excessive hits are at times subjective, but it is better to error on the side of caution than to allow this type of behavior to continue. No need for a player to get injured because some knucklehead gave a hard and somewhat cheap shot. The lacrosse powers, from college to the very youngest youth levels are looking at this and doing everything that can be done to stop this and make the game safer. Lacrosse is still a contact sport and will remain so but not to the level it was heading a few years ago.
