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This is genius... and it would make starting either a Patriots running back or a Broncos running back that much more safe. I probably still wouldn't do it, but I'd feel better about it if I had to.And the XFL didn't fail because it tweaked the NFL's rules. The XFL failed because it was filled with inferior players and was headed by a guy that knows nothing about football. Rule changes and game advancements work in the NFL because it's the unquestioned king of sports in America. People aren't going to tune it off if they're dissatisfied with a minor tweak. Think instant replay and the yellow first down line on TV. Both are advancements of the past twenty years, and both make watching the NFL better (IMHO). On the other hand, the fact that cornerbacks can't even sneeze on receivers anymore without a flag being thrown is also a recent development, and that makes the game worse (IMHO). Change happens.
BINGO!!!
This is awesome. If they did do this, I'd have to insist that they wear the old-school single bar face mask.On a side note, though, I'd miss that one-piece flight suit (or whatever it is) that Andy Reid wears on the sideline.
NO FAIR CATCH
Nah, the old leather helmets are the way to go here.
A coin toss is ridiculous to determine the outcome of a game.I'm in favor of a collegiate like system where the overtime has rounds. In each round, each team gets the ball from the opponents 40, and can advance the ball within the standard 4 down structure. You play sudden death by rounds. The game is decided when during one round one team outscores the other.Play on ...TD vs TDFG vs FGMissed FG vs Missed FG4th Down stop vs 4th Down stopOne team wins ...TD vs FGTD vs 4th Down stopTD vs Missed FG
I'm assuming that you would want player salaries to be fully guaranteed as well?
If a player cannot play due to an injury (that is football related; during game, training, etc) then yes. If a player is suspended (for on or off the field infractions or criminal activity, or hurts himself in a contract restricted activity (i.e. Winslow) then no I don't think they should be paid.Inspiration said:
I meant that if players should be forced to honor contracts to their entirety, then perhaps teams should be required to guarantee the full value of contracts if they choose to cut a player.
As a Packer fan, VTjkru, I'm guessing you wish you had a mulligan in your pocket for Favre's overtime pass to Corey Webster. Probably wish you had one for 4th & 26 too.Somebody earlier said weight limits. I think that's intriguing. You see the average age that offensive linemen pass away, and it's startling how much shorter it is than the average American male's life. The extra weight is definitely a factor, and these guys just keep getting huger.
Oh I wish, oh do I wish...But in halfway seriousness, it would be neat if each team was allowed one mulligan per regular season. When do you use it? What play would you run in your mulligan? Defense or offense? For a field goal? Who knows but it would be a highlight every time a team decided to use it and you know there would be teams who never would.
Sorry but this stance bugs me. I'm ok with the first sentence... even if I don't necessarily agree it would be better, I'll call that a difference of opinion.But the second sentence really bugs me when it implies that the player is somehow not living up to the contract he signed. He signed a contract that includes the negotiated right within the CBA to hold out until week 10 and still have it count as an accrued season in the contract. The player is not breaking his contract when he holds out, he's exercising one of the options the contract gives him.greenf7cat said:
This is ONE thing the NBA does right. Just have pre-determined salaries for each draft position, end of discussion.If I can't have that, I think I'd want Goodell removed. He hasn't impressed me at all and I'm getting really fed up with him tinkering with the draft. First he makes a special "Aarond Rodgers room" for players falling way down the draft board, THEN he moves it up to afternoon, now he's moving it to Thursday....THURSDAY. That's F-ing madness!
Robert Edwards may object to this suggestion
Flag Football is cool...just don't play in the sand!Robert Edwards may object to this suggestion
Just get rid of that post-kickoff commercial.
Love these both.
That and we will have to dredge up the whole ownership side of this where they can cut a guy for no reason and void the rest of the contract, which is also part of the CBA. But this is has been done a few times already this offseason
