NFL Owners Approve Ban on Swivel Hip-Drop Tackling Technique

[nate505]

If the refs are too slow to stop a play due to the stop of forward progress, the NFLPA and the fans should create a firestorm over this. It's getting to be fucking ridiculous.

That said, if they actually do blow the whistle when forward progress is stopped I don't have a big issue with it.

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by nate505

If the refs are too slow to stop a play due to the stop of forward progress, the NFLPA and the fans should create a firestorm over this. It's getting to be fucking ridiculous.

That said, if they actually do blow the whistle when forward progress is stopped I don't have a big issue with it.

That is a mighty big IF. They do not call it consistently.

[njcoltfan]

Pretty soon the NFL will be a flag football league !! Can't hit them high, can't hit them low, now you can"t drag them down from behind !! When will the rules committee outlaw the rugby scrum?? It's going to be a fun year watching the Zebras interpret this rule, a rule change the players are against by the way.

[ChaosTheory]

Add another one for the "future lawsuits" file cabinet.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by njcoltfan

Pretty soon the NFL will be a flag football league !! Can't hit them high, can't hit them low, now you can"t drag them down from behind !! When will the rules committee outlaw the rugby scrum?? It's going to be a fun year watching the Zebras interpret this rule, a rule change the players are against by the way.

Not going to convince me that we aren't watching Roger negotiate with Vegas on how to give his zebras more ability to fuck with the numbers.

This motherfucker is the most corrupt money takin' scumbag sports has ever seen. Not a damn thing this stooge does is about any kind of safety, every change has to do with him allowing gambling influence to control the outcomes. Vince McMahon aint got shit on Roger in terms of rigging the finish.

NFL is a scam man and dude don't even try to hide it anymore...

[ChaosTheory]

Did everybody see the new kickoff rules? Pretty interesting. I would still prefer to go back to the old rules on most of this stuff...

But compared to what the recent changes with fair catches and whatnot... this seems a lot better than that at least. Certainly more entertaining.

Now everyone is going to be on the same side of the field, 5-yard neutral zone, "Landing Zone" is basically the Redzone. If the kick doesn't hit the Landing Zone, you're penalized (endzone = 30yd line, sideline = 40yd line like always).

So it seems like there will be an incentive to at least keep the ball in play. That, at the very least, should be better than what it's been which is watching a guy kick, hearing a ref whistle, and then we can play football again.

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

Did everybody see the new kickoff rules? Pretty interesting. I would still prefer to go back to the old rules on most of this stuff...

But compared to what the recent changes with fair catches and whatnot... this seems a lot better than that at least. Certainly more entertaining.

Now everyone is going to be on the same side of the field, 5-yard neutral zone, "Landing Zone" is basically the Redzone. If the kick doesn't hit the Landing Zone, you're penalized (endzone = 30yd line, sideline = 40yd line like always).

So it seems like there will be an incentive to at least keep the ball in play. That, at the very least, should be better than what it's been which is watching a guy kick, hearing a ref whistle, and then we can play football again.

Seems odd, given they tried hard to eliminate returns not too long ago.