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NFL rules changes

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Ways to make extra points less automatic:

The offense only gets 9 guys to try to convert the points.
A random-number generator selects which of the 11 players has to kick the ball.
They need to hire Katie Hnida to attempt at least one extra point per game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Hnida
A pee race. Get one player to stand on the goal line, and if he can get a trail of pee to go to the 25 yard line, that's 1 point. 35 is 2 points, and so on.
Wet t-shirt contest for the cheerleaders. I don't know how it converts to points, but I just think they should do this.
Go back to the old football-style kicks.
Don't allow a holder. All kicks need to be drop-kicks.
Fill the ball used for kicks with water.
Put the ball on a tee. Except the tee holds the ball like 24 inches off the ground.
The defending team can build a human tower out of their defensive players in front of the goalposts. The offense then gets 2 shots with Angry Birds-like projectiles to knock down the tower before kicking the extra point.
 
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Zurp said:
Ways to make extra points less automatic:
Wet t-shirt contest for the cheerleaders. I don't know how it converts to points, but I just think they should do this.
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That idea definitely could work, I think that they should (at least) test it out in the exhibition games:

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NFL considering additional protection for defensive players’ knees

When the NFL institutes new rules designed to protect quarterbacks and receivers, defensive players often ask, “What about us?” This year, the NFL isn’t considering any new rules designed to protect quarterbacks or receivers — but is considering a rule to protect defensive players.

That rule is a simple two-word addition to the rulebook that will likely save the knees of some defensive linemen and linebackers. The words “or side” would be added to the rule that says players can’t block an opponent in the back of the legs.

Entire article: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ional-protection-for-defensive-players-knees/

League considers banning goal post dunk

The NFL has been dubbed the “No Fun League” for restricting the things players can do to demonstrate excitement upon making a good play. And if “fun” consists of demonstrations that possibly delay the game while a key piece of equipment is repaired, it’s a label the NFL may soon be gladly wearing.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL currently is considering banning the practice of dunking the ball over the crossbar.

While not a formal proposal of the Competition Committee or any of the 32 teams, the topic is expected to be raised during the NFL’s annual meetings, which open Monday in Orlando.

When the NFL banned the use of props during celebrations, an exception was made for the goal post dunk and the Lambeau Leap. Last year, however, Saints tight endJimmy Graham knocked the crossber askew when jamming the ball over it with both hands during a Thursday night game against the Falcons. Play was stopped so that maintenance workers could return the crossbar to its proper position.

If the NFL extends the uprights by five feet (as the Patriots have proposed), it becomes even more important to avoid applying extra force to the apparatus, given laws of physics that I once learned and then quickly expunged from my brain. (Maybe it was the Iron City Beer.)

Entire article: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/22/league-considers-banning-goal-post-dunk/
 
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Now the NFL is getting someplace. Have no idea where but

NFL says dunking on goal posts will be a penalty in 2014
By Will Brinson | NFL Writer
March 25, 2014 1:26 pm ET The NFL passed a pair of rule proposals at the 2014 NFL owners' meetings but they also managed to outlaw dunking on goal posts, apparently.

NFL VP of Officiating Dean Blandino told the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday that dunking on the goal post -- or using the goal post or crossbar as a prop -- will be illegal in 2014.
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http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...nking-on-goal-posts-will-be-a-penalty-in-2014
 
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Five rules changes get NFL owners’ approval at league meeting

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The NFL’s owners voted to change five NFL rules, while also voting down three proposals and tabling five proposals until next year. Here are the results of the votes on rules changes, bylaw changes and resolution changes brought forward by the NFL Competition Committee:

Rule change proposals:

1. Move the kickoff to the 40-yard line. FAILED

2. Expand instant replay to include personal foul penalties. FAILED

3. Eliminate overtime in the preseason. TABLED

4. Extend the uprights to make them five feet taller. PASSED

5. Move the line of scrimmage for one-point extra point kicks to the defensive team’s 25-yard line. Two-point conversion attempts would still be snapped from the 2-yard line. TABLED. (League will experiment with longer extra points in the preseason.)

6. Put six cameras on all boundary lines — sideline, goal line, end line, to guarantee coverage for replay reviews. TABLED

7. Permit a coach to challenge any official’s decision, except scoring plays which are automatically reviewed. FAILED

8. Protect players from getting the sides of their legs rolled up on — the rule already says a blocker can’t hit an opponent in the back of the legs, this proposal will add “or side” to the rule. PASSED
9. Allow the referee to consult with members of the NFL officiating department during replay reviews. The referee would be able to speak with the command center in New York to help in reviewing a play. PASSED
10. Re-organize the rules about what can be reviewed and what cannot be reviewed, including making the recovery of a loose ball in the field of play reviewable. (This is referred to as the NaVorro Bowman rule, after a controversial call in the NFC Championship Game.) PASSED

11. Don’t stop the clock on a sack. PASSED

12. Modify pass interference so that it can be called within one yard of the line of scrimmage. TABLED
13. Enforce defensive fouls behind the line of scrimmage from the previous spot, rather than from the end of the run or from the spot of the foul. PASSED

Bylaw proposals:

1. Raise the number of active players on game day from 46 to 49 for regular-season games played on a day other than Sunday or Monday, excluding Week One.TABLED

2. Raise the practice squad limit from eight players to 10 players. TABLED

3. Permit clubs to trade players prior to the start of the league year. TABLED

4. Eliminate the cut-down to 75 players during training camp and instead just have one cut-down from 90 players to 53 players. FAILED

5. Permit more than one player to return to the active list from injured reserve so that any player on injured reserve could return after six weeks. FAILED

6. Permit each club to time and test up to 10 draft-eligible players at its facility, and allow any club that wishes to attend timing and testing at another team’s facility.TABLED

7. Adjust the time of the roster reduction from 53 after the fourth preseason game from 6 p.m. Eastern to 4 p.m. Eastern. All teams would have to have their list of final cuts in by 4 p.m. PASSED

Resolution proposal:

1. Permit a home team with a retractable roof to open or close its roof at halftime, instead of having to determine at the start of the game whether it is open or closed.TABLED

Entire article: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...es-pass-as-nfl-owners-vote-at-league-meeting/
 
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New policy will change pot discipline

It would be too late to help Josh Gordon, Will Hill or anyone else in danger of a lengthy
suspension for violations of current rules. But when and if the NFL's new drug policy is finalized and announced, it will include changes specific to marijuana and other drugs of abuse.

A source told ESPN.com on Tuesday that the renegotiation of the drug policy, which has been going on since 2011 and includes testing for human growth hormone, also will significantly increase the threshold for a positive marijuana test and reduce the punishments for violations involving that drug.

The source said the NFL's policy on marijuana is outdated, pointing out that the World Anti-Doping Agency has a higher threshold for a positive test than the NFL currently does.

The NFL Players Association has expressed to the league an interest in studying the medical research that has led to the legalization of marijuana in many states for medicinal use, but it believes changes are needed in the meantime regardless.

What is holding up the implementation and announcement of changes to the league's drug policy is a continued standoff over arbitration of discipline. In cases of nonanalytical positives (i.e., an Alex Rodriguez-type case in which a player is found to be in violation of the drug policy by some method other than a failed test) or in cases of violations of law (i.e., a player getting caught trying to smuggle prescription drugs across the Canadian border), the NFLPA has asked that discipline appeals be heard by an independent arbitrator.

The NFL has continued to insist that the commissioner have final say over discipline matters.

It's the same hang-up that was addressed last week by union president Eric Winston, who said of commissioner Roger Goodell on the issue of HGH testing, "He wants to hold all the cards and he wants to be the judge, jury and executioner, and we're not going to go for an un-American system like that."

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...-nfl-drug-policy-reduce-marijuana-punishments
 
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Seems like the best thread for this even though it is an "emphasis" for this season and not a rule change. Maybe it is just me but this new "emphasis" on the 5 yard rule of touching the receiver is killing the games right now. The amount of flags thrown so far in the preseason games I have watched have been out of control. If the regular season is like this, well, it wil be close to unwatchable.
 
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I'm pretty sure I just texted that exact paragraph to a friend not 5 minutes ago. Not even paraphrased, almost word for word.

The NFL will be unwatchable very soon, I fear. Let's hope that the fans speak with their wallets(or lack there of) otherwise it won't matter.

I've seen harder hitting, more physical play allowed from defenses at a high school level.
 
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http://www.thewire.com/national/201...w-penalties-against-domestic-violence/379313/


The National Football League sent a letter to the owners of league teams Thursday, outlining strict penalties for domestic violence, according to Jane McManus.

The news comes after Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended for just two games after he was caught on video punching his girlfriend (now wife) in the face and dragging her out of a hotel elevator in a Atlantic City.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was criticized for the lenient suspension, including by three U.S. Senators, who sent Goodell a letter, writing that the punishment "…reflects a disturbingly lenient, even cavalier attitude towards violence against women.” The criticism grew louder this week when Cleveland wide receiver Josh Gordon was suspended an entire season for a non-violent drug offense.

In the letter, Goodell acknowledged that the new rules are in large part a response to the Ray Rice incident, and expressed deep regret over his handling of the incident.

"A first offense will be subject to a suspension of six weeks without pay," Goodell said. A second will result in "banishment." The rules to apply to all NFL personnel, not just players.

ESPN's Adam Schefter obtained the letter and we've published it below:

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