New rule from NFL

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GAVol said:
They review the daylights out of those plays when they happen. Not sure the play happens "countless times" much less they miss the call.
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I'm saying there have been many plays very similar that have been ruled fumbles & I've never seen the "tuck rule" other than when Brady fumbled.
 
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Those of you whining that this will "ruin" the NFL need to step off the ledge.

They said last year the penalty would have only been called 1 time for approx every 450 plays (they said a more specific # on the radio yesterday). Meaning if you watch every game on a given Sunday you probably probably would only see it called a couple of times.

If y'all want the sport to survive in 10-20 years then rules like this are necessary. The NFL is paying out millions (probably soon billions) in law suits over this stuff. Without these kind of safety measures it will end up like boxong, parents won't let their kids play it in the future if the result is brain damage after their career.

It will be a rule in college by 2015 so get used to it.
 
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Peter King got it right, imo:

I think the prohibition of players attacking other players with the crown of the helmet is a good one. Many of you disagree with that. I would ask you these questions:

a. Is the art of lowering the head and, at full speed, using the top of the helmet to pound into another player, taught at any level of football? The answer to that is no, unless the coach is a sadist.

b. Do you understand the rule? Do you understand that the rule doesn't apply to a running back grinding for an extra foot in the guard-tackle hole, in a scrum, or to a linebacker trying to hold the point of attack on 3rd-and-short? It applies to the jarring hits in the open field, when an offensive or defensive player uses the top of the helmet -- not the front of the helmet, but the crown of it -- as a battering ram.

c. Will players still be able to deliver blows to knock opponents away? Yes -- with the shoulder and the front of the helmet and the stiff arm. "We need to bring the shoulder back into the game,'' said Rams coach and Competition Committee co-chair Jeff Fisher. Just as defensive players have been taught to aim lower on defenseless receivers in the open, so too will all players be taught to use their shoulders more in delivering impact blows.

d. How many plays do you think this rule applies to? I figure, extrapolating the NFL's contention that a penalty for violating the crown-of-the-helmet hit would have been called 11 times in two weeks the NFL went back and examined last year, that this translates to the violation being flagged about once every three games. Imagine now, with teams emphasizing this new rule to the players in mini-camps and training camp this summer, the result in the number of calls. I think it will be diminished. Again, we're not talking about a wholesale change to the way running backs carry the ball in the open field, or the way safeties attack tight ends. We're talking about a slight adjustment that affects very few plays in the course of an NFL weekend.

e. Will the officials be able to call it right? You're right about that -- I'm dubious they will. But in the end, it's worth being zealous to try to prevent head and neck injuries.


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