Coach I would have to agree. I am not a fan of the cut block at all at the MM level solely because most kids do not execute them correctly or the Coaches do not teach them correctly. Very dangerous to me most of the time.

Never a babies knees..............we got thunished by Bixby d ends and that never crossed my brain...............we will bang straight up...........win straight up............or lose straight up..............shoooooot JoJo.............cut my babies knees.............We jumping on backs wit a Macho Man Randy Savage elbow...............or a knee drop...........or with both feet Bruce Lee style............hope all sees this who cut block.............please be aware that we will defend our selves............for real.............

Lol Shaffer5. There not changing any rules for you! Cut blocks can be dangerous if done incorrectly. All refs should call chop blocks if done incorrectly. But it's part of the game it's a huge advantage if you have kids that weight 50 lbs going against 100. You really want them to block straight up! But Again has to be 1 on 1 in the free blocking zone,with the ball still in the zone and both players have to be on the line of scrimmage for it to be legal. So take ur de and put him 1 yard back problem solved! Hats of to Edmond for teaching football. Pulling guards and tackles in second grade nice!

And I agree pulling guards and tackles at this age is great coaching.

Gorillagold, your team is the best I've played yet...I'm with you I'll teach them to bang straight up and only that. My d ends are tuff kids and hard to stop. I also agree pulling guard and tackle is great coaching..I use it also. My team is probably one of the smallest in the league but I won't teach cut blocks. I also said previously I'm not trying to take anything away from Edmond..they're very well coached and played hard. I was simply giving a friendly heads up to others to watch out for the kids knees. Any one who has played me knows I care about their kids safety as much as I do my own. 

I think there are scenarios where these types of blocks make sense.  Like was mentioned earlier, if you have a very small player going against someone twice his size, he can either shoot low or get knocked on his back play after play.  I don't think a big aggressive kid should be doing a cut block at this age, but a smaller guy who is just trying to make it competitive should do anything that is allowed in the rules to not get blown up every play.  I have no problem with this and in fact would say that this is safer for the kids than a kid who is twice the size of another just driving him on his back every play.  With a smaller/less aggressive kid, I don't think there is much chance of him causing injury if he is going low on a person directly in front of him.  The problems you get is when someone does a block like that on a defender who is not head up, but that doesn't happen at this age and would be an illegal chop block 90% of the time anyway. 

I like the 8 man format at this age, but this is one of the problems.  Smaller kids who can't be running backs because of athletic ability are forced to play on the line versus out at receiver.  They better do what ever they can legally do to keep from getting hurt.  Again, I think for some players this keeps them more safe.  Would you rather a 50# player get knocked onto the back of his head by a 100# player over and over??  I wouldn't. 

Again, I don't think its necessary for a big or aggressive kid to do a cut block.  And, its not necessary for a small guy to do it against another small guy.  I'm just saying situations where its a big mismatch. 

Yea the "Cut Block" if performed correctly is fine. My problem is that it is not 90% of the time at this age. You can't get into who can and who can't tho. Although I understand and agree with alot of your point on it. I agree it is very doubtful that it will be changed at all but, at the very least I would like to see it policed harder. I understand there are alot of times where it is necessary and that the majority of the time it results in no injury. My concern is when it does result in an injury or when a kid is possibly Coached to do it to injure another kid. It is what it is tho. Our kids are coached in what to do no matter the circumstances and we will play by whatever rules are in front of us. Good luck to all.