Posted on 10/24/2014 2:30:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Manning wasnt happy when the Broncos were trying to chew up the clock in the closing minutes and the Denver crowd was going crazy. That forced Manning to try to quiet down a stadium of 76,907 by himself, frantically waving his arms like a big bird, then shaking his head in disbelief.
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Im not sure what hes doing, hes playing music and showing players dancing and getting the crowd fired up when we have the ball, Manning said. I dont think we should be doing that. I dont think we should be showing their quarterback on the sideline. I thought that was disrespectful.
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Rivers wasnt as bothered.
I really dont know how to respond to that other than if you had told me when I was 10 years old they would show me in front of 75,000 and get booed and Peyton Manning in the same clip and get cheered, Id say thats pretty awesome, he said, according to the Denver Post.
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“Its very sporting. Close to the only home field advantage thats left in the NFL is the crowds ability to make signal calling harder for the visitors. If youre going to make the crowd be quiet why even have one?”
I see no particular reason for the home field advantage to exist. The crowd can mind its manners if it wants to be there.
Home field advantage is the point of tying a team to a location, of not just cycling all the games around the country at all neutral sites. They ARE minding their manners, the correct thing to do is to yell and scream and support your team.
“Home field advantage is the point of tying a team to a location, of not just cycling all the games around the country at all neutral sites. They ARE minding their manners, the correct thing to do is to yell and scream and support your team.”
There is much more to home team advantage than screaming fans. Things like being at home and not on the road. Sleeping in your own bed, etc.
I do believe in supporting your own team but I do not believe in active interference with the game. I see loud screaming with the intent of interfering with the visiting teams snap count, audibles, etc., as essentially the same thing as trying to trip a runner or a fan batting a ball while the play is in progress. Of course, your mileage...
Depends on the sport and time of year. You’d be surprised how often the home team is staying in a hotel, especially come playoff time. Keeps teams focused.
Sorry but it’s football not golf, that “interference” is part of the game, it adds to the fun of the game. It’s one of the problems with Super Bowls and the London games, neutral crowds are dull. Yelling to the point where it’s hard for the opposing team to work has no similarity at all to tripping runners or touching the ball in play. There’s a major line between exuberance that happens to make things harder and physical participation. This isn’t about mileage, you’re just willfully not understanding that some sports ARE audience participation. It’s like laughing during a comedy, it’s what you’re SUPPOSED TO DO.
Nah, I hate to be the one to rain on your parade but that answer is incorrect.
There would never be a touchdown or a safety because of the ol’ ‘half-the-distance-to-the-goal-line’ penalty so that no matter how many times the crowd noise would be penalized, it would go on to infinity! ;-)
I simply love trick questions, don’t you? ;-)
“Nah, I hate to be the one to rain on your parade but that answer is incorrect.”
No, the answer is correct. I saw your irrelevant trick question and ignored the ‘half-the-distance-to-the-goal-line’ penalty rule. If I can rewrite the rules on fan interference I can also rewrite that rule too.
Who died and appointed you king of the rules? LOL
“Who died and appointed you king of the rules?”
You must not have received The Memo.
“You must not have received The Memo.”
ROFL
OK, King! ;-)
Now that issue has been cleared up, here’s what I’d do to basketball.
I hate watching the end of a basketball game where the intentional fouls only delay the inevitable. So, in the last two minutes of the game, any foul results in the fouled team being awarded an automatic two points. No need to shoot the ball, just add two points to their score. The fouled team gets the ball out at half court. Sure would speed up play and we could go onto something more interesting than basketball.
I do not follow basketball until the playoffs and have no interest in changing those rules. What I have heard over the years is that the taller players have the advantage and there is talk of raising the height of the basket. The argument is that still the taller players will have the edge. That is why I say that the height of the basket should be lowered! That would take away the advantage of height. I also feel that the width and length of the court is going to have to be increased because of the size, strength and speed of the players.
The same holds true for football. The game has changed since its inception. The players are now bigger, stronger and faster. I do believe that at some point the field is going to have to be expanded, as in, wider and longer, maybe akin to the Canadian Football League or even longer and wider.
For example, in the 1950s field goals of more than 40 yards were iffy, at best, and most teams would punt rather than try a field goal. Today they are almost routine.
Fifty yard field goals are made on a regular basis. The record now is 64 yards.
Punts have gotten a long longer.
I can envision a time in the not-too-distant future when the 40-yard dash is going to be run in under 4 seconds.
When does the size, strength and speed become an issue?
Thats why its called home field advantage. The easiest way to shut up a rowdy opposing crowd is to score points on the home team. I have no problem with the fans participating in the game. Otherwise it should just be played on TV with no live attendance.
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