In the eyes of the NFL's competition committee, hips don't lie.The league officially Monday, with the committee voting unanimously to remove it from the game.As with any other rule change, there will be an adjustment Manny Machado Jersey period one that typically brings more controversy along with it.Regardle s, by the time Week 1 kicks off in early September, everyone will know the rule, for better or worse.MORE:Here is everything you need to know about the hip-drop tackle, including why the league moved to ban it and what the penalty is for it moving forward.What is a hip-drop tackle?A hip-drop tackle is when a defender wraps up an offensive player on the side or from behind, becoming dead-weight while often landing on the player's legs. The technique has become popular as players get faster and stronger, giving smaller defenders a Richard Bleier Jersey chance in a league that continues to award more advantages to offenses."What's happening on the hip-drop is the defender is encircling tackling the runner and then swinging their weight and falling on the side of their leg, which is their ankle or their knee," .Heres the video the NFL just showed in a pre s conference of what are now banned swivel hip-drop tackles (with NFL executive Jeff Miller speaking in the background). Tom Peli sero (@TomPeli sero) McKay called the hip-drop a cousin of the horse-collar tackle, saying at the league meetings in October that they see "an injury more or le s every week in the regular season on the hip-drop."The play is officially defined in as:ARTICLE 18. HIP-DROP TACKLE. It is a foul if a player uses the following technique to bring a runner to the ground:(a) grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and(b) unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runners leg(s) at or below the knee.Penalty: For a Hip-Drop Tackle: Lo s of 15 yards and an automatic first down.Calls to ban the defensive play ramped up following a major injury to Mark Andrews in Week 11, one that cost him the rest of the regular season. Other notable players like Tyreek Hill Caleb Joseph Jersey , Rhamondre Stevenson and Geno Smith also suffered injuries as a result of the play.League executive Jeff Miller said the hip-drop increases the risk of injury by about 25 times more than a standard tackle. According to , they saw 230 instances of the swivel hip-drop tackle last season. Only 15 players mi sed time due to injury because of it.While the NFL says the rule change is in the interest of safety, not of it. In a statement released via X on March 20, the NFL Players A sociation said they opposed a ban.Our statement on the swivel hip-drop tackle. NFLPA (@NFLPA) Players, both current and Brooks Robinson Jersey former, took to social media to expre s their displeasure with the change.NFL players reacting to the league banning the hip-drop tackle... Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) MORE:What is the penalty for a hip-drop tackle?Just like the horse-collar, flags for the hip-drop tackle will be 15 yards and an automatic first down. Expect more fines than penalties in the early stages as teams work to remove the technique from the game, per NFL Network's Tom Peli sero.No surprise here, despite the NFLPAs objections. The NFL made clear it wanted what it calls the swivel hip-drop tackle out of the game, and now it is. Expect more fines than flags as the league and coaches work to remove the technique. Tom Peli sero (@TomPeli sero) "This will be a hard one to call on the field, you have to see every element of it," . "We want to make it a rule so we can deal on the discipline during the week."For a sport that has been defined by safety concerns and penalty debates for years, it remains to be seen whether the NFL has succe sfully walked along the fine line. We can be certain Craig Gentry Jersey , however, that this won't be the last we hear of the hip-drop tackle.