OT: The wussification of the NFL continues

Submitted by SteelCityMafia on

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6586630  <---- Link

 

So in maintaining their non-bias, the NFL adds "the Steeler rule" to the Mel Blount rule, the Hines Ward rule, the Ryan Clark rule, and the James Harrison rule.

Goodell is running amok and is fudging up the lockout situation and seriously needs to be fired.  He's the worst thing to happen to the NFL in a long, long time.  How many years until defenders can't touch QBs at all, and they have flags around their waists? Or until defenders are only allowed to move at half speed?

Seriously, such a joke. This is the NFL, not the Arena League.

EDIT: You can't hit the QB while he's throwing.  Um, what? Combined with the "no hitting the WR until he's in the endzone" rule, how are defenders supposed to do their jobs?

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chitownblue2

May 25th, 2011 at 5:38 PM ^

Are you arguing about Goodell's rule, or that Suh once got flagged for a penalty he shouldn't have?

Nobody is talking about one of these things other than you.

FWIW, it IS about Head-to-Head hits. The definition of the hits they count (per the article):

"Defenseless players cannot be hit in the head or neck area with the helmet, face mask, forearm or shoulder."

IE: don't hit anyone in the head.

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GoBlueInNYC

May 25th, 2011 at 5:32 PM ^

It absolutely is about helmet to helmet hits. The NFL's newest rule simply states that franchises can be fined if their players are repeat offenders when it comes to illegal hits against defenseless players (e.g., helmet to helmet hits).

The call against Suh was a bad call, specifically because it's not illegal according to the rules. Terrible officiating is a different topic than the leagure instituting a new rule that tries to minimize dangerous plays.

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BRCE

May 25th, 2011 at 6:46 PM ^

Semantics. Fine. It's not JUST about helmet-to-helmet hits.

The Suh call was about more than poor officiating; it was about the league getting into a very dangerous territory of interpretation and standing behind something as an "unnatural football act" because they want the game to be less physical, within rules or not. The league defended Hoculi's call and fined Suh $15,000, so this IS about their own fucked up policies.

AOL writer David Michael Smith summed it up perfectly:

Suh's hit wasn't dirty, it just looked dirty, because he's such a physical freak of nature that even a fairly routine hit from him can send a player like Cutler hurtling to the ground.

The OP pointed out how awful Goodell's reign has been in general and I echoed it.

 

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