Really NFL, REALLY?

[dragurd]

Rules defining a defenseless player will be expanded and now will include eight categories:
? A quarterback in the act of throwing;
? A receiver trying to catch a pass;
? A runner already in the grasp of tacklers and having his forward progress stopped;
? A player fielding a punt or a kickoff;
? A kicker or punter during the kick;
? A quarterback at any time after change of possession;
? A receiver who receives a blind-side block;
? A player already on the ground.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6223700

Do the owners really think idiotic changes like this are good for the sport? There is protecting the players and then there is trying to take contact out of the sport most of these fall into the latter.

 

[Mike80]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6223700

Do the owners really think idiotic changes like this are good for the sport? There is protecting the players and then there is trying to take contact out of the sport most of these fall into the latter.

Millionaires and Billionaires squabbling over money. Pish posh who needs 'em?

To be honest if the NFL and the NBA were to go away I'd be just fine.

 

[powerlifter]

 

[dragurd]

Indeed Mike I could live with them squabbling over money. Trying to turn the sport into 2 hand touch in the name of player safety is what really gets me going.

 

[Mike80]

Indeed Mike I could live with them squabbling over money. Trying to turn the sport into 2 hand touch in the name of player safety is what really gets me going.

Next you'll see a proposal so that everyone gets a trophy and orange slices after the damned games too....

 

[Buckeye513]

A quarterback in the act of throwing;
A runner already in the grasp of tacklers and having his forward progress stopped;

I'm now against a lock-out just so I can see them try to enforce this.

 

[Mike80]

I'm now against a lock-out just so I can see them try to enforce this.

There would be 50 personal foul penalties per game.

 

[dragurd]

Ahh the days of T-ball where even the last place team got a trophy and a snack.

 

[jlb1705]

Defenseless? Then what are the helmet and pads for?

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Rules defining a defenseless player will be expanded and now will include eight categories:

• A quarterback in the act of throwing

if this is passed, which i highly doubt will be the case, the lockout should never end.

 

[Bucks21]

if this is passed, which i highly doubt will be the case, the lockout should never end.

Agreed

 

[CentralMOBuck]

if this is passed, which i highly doubt will be the case, the lockout should never end.

A quarterback at any time after change of possession

What about this one?

 

[Mike80]

Hell with some of these rules, two hand touch would be a 15 yard penalty

 

[Deety]

Player safety is a good thing, but there is such as thing as putting on the brakes too much... by 2015 it'll just be a field full of guys in uniform sacked out in lawn chairs with Xboxes.

 

[jlb1705]

Player safety is a good thing, but there is such as thing as putting on the brakes too much... by 2015 it'll just be a field full of guys in uniform sacked out in lawn chairs with Xboxes.

They're going to have to put rules in place to prevent eye strain and controller thumb.