Saturday, March 23, 2013

The Tuck Principle Is No More, And Arenat The Raiders Happy About Any Of It (Plus Other NFL Rules Changes)

There was much talk last week that the Tuck Rule a' made notorious, obviously, by this play between the Raiders and Patriots in a 2002 divisional playoff sport a' might undergo significant changes predicated on how groups voted at the league meetings this week. Well, the votes come in, and the tuck principle has gone out. Itas out with a lot, too: Therefore while probably the Pats and operator Robert Kraft are unhappy, very few others are. You realize whoas especially not sad? The Raiders. You know how exactly we know that? Well, they didnat really need to say something, but they did anyway: And that has been after retweeting this. Letas hope the Raiders donat follow the Netsa social media marketing strategy: normally, next time the @Raiders weighs in itall say something similar to, aThe Tuck Rule used to exist nevertheless now it doesn't exist.a As the Tuck Rule growth was substantial, though, there have been other rule adjustments afoot at the meetings too. Letas delve into the biggest of the for a bit: 1) Ballcarriers (and tacklers) now canat use the crown of these helmet ato make forcible contact with a defense in the wild field.a If that sounds like a mouthful with a ton of qualifiers, thatas becausea it is. And thereas more room for interpretation (i.e. frustration ): So, this principle might be pretty tough on the refs whoall be left to ascertain just which the main helmet the ballcarrier used a' to state nothing of how tough it might make things for running backs. The others, nevertheless, thought it was only good for offensive players to help make the same forms of credits that defensive players already have. And Rams coach Jeff Fisher is all in, observing that the rule change may abring the shoulder backa to baseball. Leading with the shoulder rather than the helmetas all well and good, but another thing he said is more problematic: This is a extremely important step in our continuing efforts to stress player safety. Our game is safe and has been getting safer over time. Probably this new rule may prove beneficial, safety-wise, but itad be nice if we will all just admit that the only method to aemphasize player safetya in a hobby as violent as football would be to get rid of football. Thatas not to say thatas what anyone needs a' the violence is just a large part of what attracts us to the overall game, all things considered a but letas be truthful with ourselves about what weare sometimes participating in ourselves or helping to perpetuate. The collective football fan conscience might be eased by rules like this, but aour sport is safea? Seriously. There are steps to decide to try lower the chances of a single tragic event, but provided that baseball involves major, powerful, rapid people hitting one another, itas not safe. 2) aThe Jim Schwartz rule.a Remember last year when Jim Schwartz questioned a clearly-wrong calla just the play was susceptible to automatic review therefore it was against the rules to put a challenge flag, and because Scwartz put the flag the play, by rule, couldnat be evaluated and the Lions were screwed? Well, as time goes by, in case a instructor mistakenly problems like Schwartz did, the play is likely to be reviewed. Good. The prior no-review consequence was far too hard. There were other rule changes also. Here they're. We could only hope, for your sake, that youare also close to as pleased with them as the Raiders were.

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