Lambert_58 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I think someone had a thread for the N-word penalty business a little while back, but I can´t recall seeing anything with all rule changes that are being considered. Let me know what you guys think on these: "The NFL will consider 13 new rules proposals made by the league’s competition committee at next week's owners' meetings in Orlando, Fla., says NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. The New England Patriots and Washington Redskins were two of the more active teams in terms of suggesting rule changes. Among the potential changes, not listed below is a personal-foul call for players using the n-word on the field, but it remains an area of focus and concern for the league. In addition, the competition committee's Rich McKay said that they support the idea of expanded playoffs, adding one postseason spot per conference. This will still be voted on by the owners, and it would require three-quarters of them to approve it. Here is the list of the 13 proposed changes: 1. Move kickoffs to the 40-yard line, from the 35, where it is now. 2. Making all personal fouls reviewable. 3. Eliminating overtime in preseason games. 4. Extending the goalposts vertically by 5 feet on each side. 5. Moving extra-point attempts to the 25-yard line, making it a 43-yard try. (This was proposed by the Patriots.) The competition committee separately is proposing one preseason game this season where extra-point snaps will take place from the 20. 6. Adding six cameras to all boundary lines on the field to supplement TV camera angles. 7. Allowing any officials' decisions to be challenged by coaches, not just specific kinds of plays. 8. Protecting players from getting their legs rolled up on from the side — and not just from the back — as a penalty. 9. Allowing the referee to confer with members of the NFL officiating department in New York at the league office during replay reviews. 10. Changing review rules on the recovery of a loose ball — aka, the "NaVorro Bowman rule" from the controversial NFC championship game non-call — in the field of play. This would including reorganizing the replay section of the NFL rulebook. (Which, frankly, needs it.) 11. Keeping the clock running on quarterback sacks at all times of the game. 12. Changing pass interference so that it can be called within a yard of the line of scrimmage. 13. Enforcing defensive penalties behind the line of scrimmage from the previous spot, instead of from the end of the play or from the spot of the foul. In addition, there were several bylaw change proposals: 1. Raising the number of active players on gameday roster from 46 players to 49 for non-Sunday or Monday regular-season games, excluding Week 1. The league has Thursday games throughout the season, as well as some late-season Saturday contests. 2. Raising the practice squad roster size from eight to 10 players. 3. Permitting teams to trade players prior to the start of the league year (i.e. from the end of the Super Bowl to, using this year as an example, March 11). 4. Changing mandatory roster cutdowns during the preseason go from 90 players directly to 53, skipping the 75-player step. ("Hard Knocks" would be upset at this.) 5. Allowing more than one player to be "designated to return" on the injured reserve to come back after six weeks. 6. Allowing teams to test and time up to 10 draft prospects at their own facilities, and allowing any rival team to come witness the testing and timing at the other teams' facilities. 7. Changing the roster reduction time after the fourth preseason from 6 p.m. ET to 4 p.m., with all teams to submit their list of final cuts in by 4 p.m. There also was one resolution proposal suggested: 1. Allowing a team with a retractable roof to open or close its stadium roof at halftime, and not having to determine before the game whether it will be open or closed." I´ll add my opinions on them later, just wanted to get them out there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbedward Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I think someone had a thread for the N-word penalty business a little while back, but I can´t recall seeing anything with all rule changes that are being considered. Let me know what you guys think on these: "The NFL will consider 13 new rules proposals made by the league’s competition committee at next week's owners' meetings in Orlando, Fla., says NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. The New England Patriots and Washington Redskins were two of the more active teams in terms of suggesting rule changes. Among the potential changes, not listed below is a personal-foul call for players using the n-word on the field, but it remains an area of focus and concern for the league. In addition, the competition committee's Rich McKay said that they support the idea of expanded playoffs, adding one postseason spot per conference. This will still be voted on by the owners, and it would require three-quarters of them to approve it. Here is the list of the 13 proposed changes: 1. Move kickoffs to the 40-yard line, from the 35, where it is now. Might as well get rid of kickoffs all together. 2. Making all personal fouls reviewable. No problem with this 3. Eliminating overtime in preseason games. Disagree. Keep it competitive. 4. Extending the goalposts vertically by 5 feet on each side. This would be fine 5. Moving extra-point attempts to the 25-yard line, making it a 43-yard try. (This was proposed by the Patriots.) The competition committee separately is proposing one preseason game this season where extra-point snaps will take place from the 20. Would make kickers a lot more valuable. Would probably make for a lot more 2-point conversions. I'm indifferent about it. 6. Adding six cameras to all boundary lines on the field to supplement TV camera angles. Sounds fine 7. Allowing any officials' decisions tSo be challenged by coaches, not just specific kinds of plays. Sounds good 8. Protecting players from getting their legs rolled up on from the side — and not just from the back — as a penalty. Stop making it harder and harder to stop a guy 9. Allowing the referee to confer with members of the NFL officiating department in New York at the league office during replay reviews. Sounds fine, but a huge delay in a review would be annoying. 10. Changing review rules on the recovery of a loose ball — aka, the "NaVorro Bowman rule" from the controversial NFC championship game non-call — in the field of play. This would including reorganizing the replay section of the NFL rulebook. (Which, frankly, needs it.) Sounds good 11. Keeping the clock running on quarterback sacks at all times of the game. Do you mean, make it so the clock will stop? 12. Changing pass interference so that it can be called within a yard of the line of scrimmage. Stupid. Receivers have it easy enough already. 13. Enforcing defensive penalties behind the line of scrimmage from the previous spot, instead of from the end of the play or from the spot of the foul. Kind of agree, may depend on the type of penalty In addition, there were several bylaw change proposals: 1. Raising the number of active players on gameday roster from 46 players to 49 for non-Sunday or Monday regular-season games, excluding Week 1. The league has Thursday games throughout the season, as well as some late-season Saturday contests. No problem with this 2. Raising the practice squad roster size from eight to 10 players. Sounds good 3. Permitting teams to trade players prior to the start of the league year (i.e. from the end of the Super Bowl to, using this year as an example, March 11). 4. Changing mandatory roster cutdowns during the preseason go from 90 players directly to 53, skipping the 75-player step. ("Hard Knocks" would be upset at this.) This is kinda stupid 5. Allowing more than one player to be "designated to return" on the injured reserve to come back after six weeks. Sounds good 6. Allowing teams to test and time up to 10 draft prospects at their own facilities, and allowing any rival team to come witness the testing and timing at the other teams' facilities. What? Why would a team hold a workout while another team was present? 7. Changing the roster reduction time after the fourth preseason from 6 p.m. ET to 4 p.m., with all teams to submit their list of final cuts in by 4 p.m. I don't see any reason to change this from the way it is now. There also was one resolution proposal suggested: 1. Allowing a team with a retractable roof to open or close its stadium roof at halftime, and not having to determine before the game whether it will be open or closed." I´ll add my opinions on them later, just wanted to get them out there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert_58 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 First off, I´d like to address the personal foul for the "n-word" as everyone seems to call it nowadays. I think it´s pathetic. If your going to have that type of rule, shouldn´t all racial names be included. Really scratching my head over that one... 1. Move kickoffs to the 40-yard line, from the 35, where it is now. Why don´t they just give the receiving team the ball at the 20, since thats what this is going to amount to. 2. Making all personal fouls reviewable. OK 3. Eliminating overtime in preseason games. No problem with this, but that may be a biased opinion since I don´t really give squat about the preseason except for seeing some new faces. 4. Extending the goalposts vertically by 5 feet on each side. Doesn´t matter either way to me. 5. Moving extra-point attempts to the 25-yard line, making it a 43-yard try. (This was proposed by the Patriots.) The competition committee separately is proposing one preseason game this season where extra-point snaps will take place from the 20. OK 6. Adding six cameras to all boundary lines on the field to supplement TV camera angles. OK 7. Allowing any officials' decisions to be challenged by coaches, not just specific kinds of plays. OK, in fact I like it very much 8. Protecting players from getting their legs rolled up on from the side — and not just from the back — as a penalty. I´m assuming this is a rule regarding blocking, which I would be fine with 9. Allowing the referee to confer with members of the NFL officiating department in New York at the league office during replay reviews. Not sure if I like this one, but I imagine the advertisers would love it 10. Changing review rules on the recovery of a loose ball — aka, the "NaVorro Bowman rule" from the controversial NFC championship game non-call — in the field of play. This would including reorganizing the replay section of the NFL rulebook. (Which, frankly, needs it.) Like it 11. Keeping the clock running on quarterback sacks at all times of the game. This one has me confused. They stop the clock on sacks? 12. Changing pass interference so that it can be called within a yard of the line of scrimmage. Not sure what this means actually. If they are referring to the "holding" variation of pass interference I´d definitely be against it, but I cannot guess as to what that would otherwise mean. 13. Enforcing defensive penalties behind the line of scrimmage from the previous spot, instead of from the end of the play or from the spot of the foul. I´ll say OK for now, but couldn´t think of any concrete examples spontaneously In addition, there were several bylaw change proposals: 1. Raising the number of active players on gameday roster from 46 players to 49 for non-Sunday or Monday regular-season games, excluding Week 1. The league has Thursday games throughout the season, as well as some late-season Saturday contests. Why only on Thursdays and Saturdays? Makes no sense to me. 2. Raising the practice squad roster size from eight to 10 players. OK 3. Permitting teams to trade players prior to the start of the league year (i.e. from the end of the Super Bowl to, using this year as an example, March 11). No opinion. 4. Changing mandatory roster cutdowns during the preseason go from 90 players directly to 53, skipping the 75-player step. ("Hard Knocks" would be upset at this.) Not so sure on this one either, but leaning towards no 5. Allowing more than one player to be "designated to return" on the injured reserve to come back after six weeks. OK 6. Allowing teams to test and time up to 10 draft prospects at their own facilities, and allowing any rival team to come witness the testing and timing at the other teams' facilities. No opinion. 7. Changing the roster reduction time after the fourth preseason from 6 p.m. ET to 4 p.m., with all teams to submit their list of final cuts in by 4 p.m. No opinion. There also was one resolution proposal suggested:1. Allowing a team with a retractable roof to open or close its stadium roof at halftime, and not having to determine before the game whether it will be open or closed. Doesn´t really matter to me either way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broganreynik Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I've long thought personal fouls should be reviewable. That's probably the one that I feel strongest about. That and the Navarro Bowman rule. Both should be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Most of the ideas are meh, but there are a couple of bad ideas... The one eliminating the tacking on of penalty yardage for fouls behind the line of scrimmage is particularly bad. Might as well re-declare open season on QBs... no mo' in-game penalties for roughing... just be sure to hit him above knees and below shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Extending the goal posts is an idea that is 27 years too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I HATE what they are doing to the kickoff. The kick-off return is potentially one of the most exciting plays in the game and they are just leading up to taking out of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Punt returns may be on the chopping block soon whilst the league takes more manly plays away from the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I think they should have an exact opposite of the Super Bowl. The two worst teams in the League play each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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