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NFL passes helmet rule, ends tuck rule
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Posted on 03/20/2013 9:55:54 AM PDT by Perdogg

NFL owners have passed a player safety rule barring ball carriers from using the crown of their helmets to make contact with a defender in the open field.

Several coaches and team executives expressed concern about officiating the new rule, but Commissioner Roger Goodell championed it and it passed Wednesday as the owners meetings concluded.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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1 posted on 03/20/2013 9:55:54 AM PDT by Perdogg
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After further review, Peterson of the Vikings is guilty of violating the head first rule. His run of 75 yards is therefore called back. As the millions in the stadium throw bottles at the ref.


2 posted on 03/20/2013 9:59:43 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (1 Cor 15: 50-54 & 1 Thess 4: 13-17. That about covers it.)
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I think I’ll find something else to do on Sunday.


3 posted on 03/20/2013 10:00:15 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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4 posted on 03/20/2013 10:00:29 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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5 posted on 03/20/2013 10:00:49 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Well, soccer is looking better and better.


6 posted on 03/20/2013 10:00:54 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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After further review, Peterson of the Vikings is guilty of violating the head first rule. His run of 75 yards is therefore called back. As the millions in the stadium throw bottles at the ref.

Being as that's the only way we gain yardage, I think finding something else to do on Sunday afternoons is looking better and better all the time.

7 posted on 03/20/2013 10:01:27 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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....and this rule is to solve what problem, exactly?.........


8 posted on 03/20/2013 10:02:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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No more Super Bowls; each team given a ‘participation’ trophy


9 posted on 03/20/2013 10:03:00 AM PDT by harwood (Ann Coulter: Future SCOTUS nominee!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Gaelic Football is better.


10 posted on 03/20/2013 10:03:01 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz is my adoptive Senator)
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About twelve years too late on the latter, IMO.

I'll stick with baseball.

11 posted on 03/20/2013 10:03:15 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Perdogg

Well Rush Limbaugh has been talking about it on his show.


12 posted on 03/20/2013 10:03:38 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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2 hand touch below the belt. This solves the gay issue also.


13 posted on 03/20/2013 10:04:14 AM PDT by FreedomGuru (Without Life nothing else matters.)
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As they should. Making a had to watch sport more unwatchable. I hope college football doesn’t follow. They probably will. Maybe good ol baseball will make a comeback.


14 posted on 03/20/2013 10:05:14 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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Video review now will be allowed on plays when a coach challenges even though he is not allowed to. But the coach will be penalized or lose a timeout, depending on when he threw the challenge flag.

HUH???????????..........

15 posted on 03/20/2013 10:05:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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NFL teams run?


16 posted on 03/20/2013 10:06:24 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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We give this "Two snaps and your backfields in motion"


17 posted on 03/20/2013 10:07:19 AM PDT by dfwgator
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....and this rule is to solve what problem, exactly?.........

That the NFL is facing and will face thousands of lawsuits, face damages in the billions of dollars, become subject to legislation outlawing the game, and go out of business.

18 posted on 03/20/2013 10:07:22 AM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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Lingerie Football League

They're changing the uniform to bras and tight little shorts too.

19 posted on 03/20/2013 10:08:50 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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And prior to the NFL going under, football will be abolished at the youth/community level, then high school, then college levels.


20 posted on 03/20/2013 10:09:00 AM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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