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This is pathetic, and pisses me off. It can potentially ruin the pace/momentum/whatever of real football games. Can't Goddell get that Mcnamara/Troy Addict to just raise the fcuking thing?

 

League officially announces "do over" rule

Posted by Mike Florio on August 28, 2009 10:31 AM ET

The NFL formally has announced the rule that will apply to the Cowboys video board in 2009.

 

Here's the official text of the new rule.

 

1. If a ball in play strikes a video board, guide wire, sky cam, or any other object, the ball will be dead immediately, and the down will be replayed at the previous spot.

 

2. If there is not an on-field ruling that the ball struck an object, the Replay Assistant is empowered to initiate a booth review, including if the event occurs prior to the two-minute warning. If, prior to the two-minute warning, no booth review is initiated by the Replay Assistant, a coach's challenge is permitted under the customary procedures for such a challenge.

 

3. In the event the down is replayed: (a) The game clock will be reset to the time remaining when the snap occurred. (B) All penalties will be disregarded, except for personal fouls which will be administered prior to replaying the down.

 

So there you have it. The board won't be moved during the 2009 season.

 

"We will continue to address the particular circumstances in Dallas, giving full consideration to the competitive, safety and fan experience issues involved," Commissioner Roger Goodell said in the news release. "The Cowboys have been fully cooperative as we have addressed this subject, and we will continue to work closely with the club on a longer term resolution."

 

We'll defer our opinions regarding this matter to the next set of PFTV segments, which we'll be shooting later today. In the interim, we invite PFT Planet to sound off.

 

Actually, you already have been. We hope we haven't interrupted your rhythm.

 

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This is pathetic, and pisses me off. It can potentially ruin the pace/momentum/whatever of real football games. Can't Goddell get that Mcnamara/Troy Addict to just raise the fcuking thing?

 

 

 

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That's horsesh*t! If the engineers in Dallas are dumb enough to build practice facilities that collapse and Jumbotrons that are too low, then it's their fault if punters start banking the ball off the new screen! Punters should start keeping tallies of how many LEDs they shatter in Dallas! That's hilarious.

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This is pathetic, and pisses me off. It can potentially ruin the pace/momentum/whatever of real football games. Can't Goddell get that Mcnamara/Troy Addict to just raise the fcuking thing?

 

He probably can, but not at this point...as big as it is it would have to be a off season project.

 

I agree, I can see this as a big home field advantage. Other punters don't have the correct trajectory and hit the thing a time or two...it wears out the cover team and it also increases the chances for a bad snap or blocked kick.

 

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Easy solution, just have the guy line up in a different spot so the board isn't in the way. If that gives away too much in terms of where the guy's going to kick to, then just boot it across the field from the opposite side.

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Easy solution, just have the guy line up in a different spot so the board isn't in the way. If that gives away too much in terms of where the guy's going to kick to, then just boot it across the field from the opposite side.

 

 

???

 

You always have to punt from the hash marks in.

 

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How about we just put a huge moat in front of the goal line we're defending at CBS, Roger? Sound good?? Perhaps we'll get around to correcting that "engineering defect" next season, mkay?

 

Fcuk you, Goddell. Someone with Lerner's email address should email him my suggestion, stat.

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Before we get all worked up, lets see how much of a problem it really is...I think at least for now guys are trying to hit it.....to push for some clarification if indeed it happened in a real game.

 

If it is happening 2-3 times a game, that's a problem. If it is happening 2-3 times a season, not such a problem.

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The funniest thing about Jerry Jones and this whole thing is that they plan to raise the score board higher when U2 has their concert at the stadium.

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i thought i heard that the first game they hit it a half dozen times between practice and game punts

 

 

Again....lets see if guys were trying to hit it or if it is a everyday problem.

 

Above I saw someone say they were going to raise it for a concert....if they can move it up that easily, then raise it

 

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I think Jerry Jones walks up and palms a thousand bucks into the opposing punters hand for the next 2 preseason and a few regular season games and says don't hit my scoreboard.. I could not imagine what it will cost if he has to start trying to reconfigure that thing.. WOW..it is the showcase of the stadium.. He could have a big problem if punters start tagging that thing just to spite him.

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you guys do all realize that the stadiums plans had to be reviewed and ok'd by the NFL. And this scoreboard is actually 5 feet higher than the NFL requires.

 

Does it need to be moved? yes it does. But Jerry Jones is not the only one to blame in this fiasco.

 

 

And I will say thanks again.

 

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>>If there is not an on-field ruling that the ball struck an object, the Replay Assistant is empowered to initiate a booth review, including if the event occurs prior to the two-minute warning. If, prior to the two-minute warning, no booth review is initiated by the Replay Assistant, a coach's challenge is permitted under the customary procedures for such a challenge.<<

 

This is the part of the rule that bugs me. I've thought for a while now that the NFL should run replay the way that the NCAA does--the coaches can challenge a call if they choose, but the replay official watches every play and can buzz the referee as well. It's one thing if there is a close play and the coach decides to use one of his challenges, but I hate it when, say, a player is clearly on the ground before the ball comes out and the coach has to waste a challenge on a play that it takes two seconds to overturn. To avoid confusion, they could even write it into the rules that the replay official has ten seconds after the play to challenge. If it's not obvious enough to buzz the ref after looking at the replay once, then it's close enough for the coach to risk a timeout. The fact that they're instituting a two-tiered rule (one standard for one play at one stadium, another for everything and everywhere else) is absurd.

 

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I have a question that I buddy of mine brought up to me yesterday, what stops a QB that is in the middle of a broken play or about to be sacked or whatever from just tossing the ball up to the screen to get a "do over"? It looks like the rule isn't strictly limited to punts. Im not sure if anyone else has brought this up or not but just something to think about.

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my guess is that would fall under "intentional grounding" since there was no reciever in the area where he is throwing the ball.

 

 

There are a few problems with that. First, how can they say they weren't throwing towards a receiver because the ball didn't have a chance to follow its correct path. Also, the rule states that any penalties that occurred during the play except for personal fouls would be voided.

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I have a question that I buddy of mine brought up to me yesterday, what stops a QB that is in the middle of a broken play or about to be sacked or whatever from just tossing the ball up to the screen to get a "do over"? It looks like the rule isn't strictly limited to punts. Im not sure if anyone else has brought this up or not but just something to think about.

 

Such a situation is incredibly unlikely--actually, I would say that it's impossible. It's not like the board is ten feet above the field; if a QB was trying to get rid of the ball on a busted play or when he was about to get sacked, he would have to take so much time making sure he had the angle right and winding up to get the ball to go straight up that he would surely get nailed before he got rid of the ball (remember, busted plays are not known for giving the QB a lot of time to contemplate his next move). Also, if he tried to hit the scoreboard and missed, which is more likely than him actually hitting the thing, he would have just thrown a lob pass straight up in the air while the guys on the team who can actually catch the ball are nowhere in the area. If any QB was dumb enough to try it in a game, my hunch is that first, he'd miss, and second, he'd find himself on the bench (if not cut) almost immediately thereafter.

 

Dennis

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