Significant NFL rule changes

**FasstChevys** · 05-24-2011, 10:24 AM

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/n...2411?GT1=39002

The eight major changes: (I'll call it the "no lunging" rule)

* A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.

* A receiver attempting to catch a pass or one who has not completed a catch and hasn’t had time to protect himself or hasn’t clearly become a runner. If the receiver/runner is capable of avoiding or warding off the impending contact of an opponent, he is no longer a defenseless player.

* A runner whose forward progress has been stopped and is already in the grasp of a tackler.

* A kickoff or punt returner attempting to field a kick in the air.

* A player on the ground at the end of a play.

* A kicker/punter during the kick or return.

* A quarterback any time after a change of possession (i.e. turnover).

* A player who receives a “blindside” block when the blocker is moving toward his own end-line and approaches the opponent from behind or the side.

Discuss!

**allbaugh_04** · 05-24-2011, 10:41 AM

More reasons why the NFL sucks.

**Spaz** · 05-24-2011, 11:15 AM

gay... it will soon be like this...

team 1: "may we please have the ball and make a touch down???"

team 2: "i don't know... we just let you have the ball..."

ref: *throws yellow flag* "uncertainty occured during the exchange of verbal agreement for the game that they are no longer allowed to play due to it's aggressive nature... team 2 is kindly asked to agree to a 5 year penalty... thank you..."

**LgndKller20073** · 05-24-2011, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

gay... it will soon be like this...

team 1: "may we please have the ball and make a touch down???"

team 2: "i don't know... we just let you have the ball..."

ref: *throws yellow flag* "uncertainty occured during the exchange of verbal agreement for the game that they are no longer allowed to play due to it's aggressive nature... team 2 is kindly asked to agree to a 5 year penalty... thank you..."

I think it will be more like this:

ref: "this is heads, this is tails. away team call it in the air."

away team: "heads"

ref: "it is heads"

away team: "we choose to win"

and that's the game!

**The Manalishi** · 05-24-2011, 02:29 PM

Looks like I may have to start watching hockey.

**wileyCoyote** · 05-24-2011, 06:27 PM

what is this, ...the NFL-France?

**Y2KPewterSS** · 05-24-2011, 06:54 PM

Soon they will wear flags around their waste, and tackling won't be allowed. The QBs will stand behind a fence that protects them too.

**FasstChevys** · 05-25-2011, 08:20 AM

James Harrison said it best:

"I'm absolutely sure now after this last rule change that the people making the rules at the NFL are idiots."

**blackbird0230** · 05-25-2011, 09:59 AM

What kind of pansy shit is football becoming? Makes me wish we had rugby or something

**Soltakr** · 05-27-2011, 12:11 PM

Rugby > football

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**TLS_Addict** · 05-27-2011, 12:15 PM

Shit......golf is more dangerous than football.

**allbaugh_04** · 05-27-2011, 04:33 PM

I'm not scared to do much, but I think Rugby is one of them now...

**Never-Enough** · 05-27-2011, 04:51 PM

No Fun League

**snaggeltooth** · 05-27-2011, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by allbaugh_04

I'm not scared to do much, but I think Rugby is one of them now...

you notice no one used their helmet as a weapon.. well one good reason is their helmet was their face .. If the NFL would make the helmets face guards smaller the tacklers would not lead with them ...

**tremiles** · 05-27-2011, 07:06 PM

One problem is that a majority of NFL quarterbacks just suck and leave their receiver's out to dry where a head to head collision simply is unavoidable.

As a lifelong Bear and Notre Dame fan, it was really sad to hear about Dave Duerson though. From what I understand about repetitive traumatic brain injury syndrome or whatever they call it, his post-football life was not a walk I the park due to memory loss, depression, debilitating headaches, extreme light sensitivity. Merrill Hoge, a NFL commentator for ESPN and former fullback for the Steelers and Bears has spoken publicly about some of the symptoms he suffers from. I played 20 years ago in HS and suffered 3 concussions in consecutive weeks when I was a senior and didn't say anything because I thought I was tough. I'm lucky that I don't suffer any of those symptoms. So far.

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**allbaugh_04** · 05-27-2011, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by snaggeltooth

you notice no one used their helmet as a weapon.. well one good reason is their helmet was their face .. If the NFL would make the helmets face guards smaller the tacklers would not lead with them ...

Didn't Joe Paterno said they should get rid of helmets?

Yea it's all great and awesome to create a safer helmet, but it's so safe, that people use it as a spear now.