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[Wellington]

Jacobs.

All my favorite Giants meet untimely ends.

 

[Futurevoid]

All of the voted on measures by the owners:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/28/nfl-rule-changes-for-2012/

Proposed rules changes:
1. FAILED: Giving the authority to determine replay reviews to the replay official in the booth, not the referee on the field.

2. FAILED: Modifying the horse-collar tackle rule to remove the exception for quarterbacks in the pocket, so that a quarterback in the pocket may not be yanked down by the back of his shoulder pads or inside collar of his jersey.

3. PASSED: Changing overtime so that the postseason rule will be used in the regular season as well, and no regular-season games will be ended on a field goal on the first possession of overtime.

4. PASSED: Adding a loss of down to the penalty for kicking a loose ball, as is the case in college football.

5. PASSED: Adopting the college rule for too many men on the field, which is a dead-ball foul if a team lines up on offense for more than three seconds, or if a team on defense lines up with too many men and the snap is imminent. In those cases, the officials will blow the play dead and assess a five-yard penalty. This change wouldn’t affect the rulings on players running off the field who don’t get off in time.

6. PASSED: Expanding the defenseless player rule to protect defensive players on crackback blocks, making it illegal to hit them in the head or neck area.

7. PASSED: Automatically reviewing turnovers via instant replay, just as scoring plays are automatically reviewed.

The league also considered the following bylaws:

1. PASSED: Modifying the roster rules for teams that play on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

2. TABLED: Moving the trade deadline from Week 6 to Week 8.

3. TABLED: Expanding the roster limit for training camp and the offseason to 90 players, with unsigned draft picks now counting toward that limit, whereas in the past unsigned draft picks did not count toward the 80-player limit.

4. TABLED: Moving this year’s final roster cutdown day to Friday night instead of Saturday, which is designed to give an extra day of work after cutting down to final rosters for the two teams playing in the first game of the season, which this year is on Wednesday instead of Thursday.

5. TABLED: Adding an injured reserve exemption so that if a player was on the roster through the first regular season weekend, that player can be placed on injured reserve and designated for return, and then can return to practice six weeks later and play in a game eight weeks later, rather than having all players on injured reserve out for the season.

6. TABLED: Allowing one roster exemption per team per week for a player who is inactive with a concussion.

 

[bionic77]

In other words, I'm a big fan of "training" a baby. To each their own though.

Ahh a disciple of the Tom Coughlin school of parenting.

I don't know if it is really training either. I mean you can't communicate with the kid at that age. It is more of establishing a routine for what to expect. Sleep at this time, eat at this time, bath and this time, etc. I am a big fan of routine.

 

[jakncoke]

2. FAILED: Modifying the horse-collar tackle rule to remove the exception for quarterbacks in the pocket, so that a quarterback in the pocket may not be yanked down by the back of his shoulder pads or inside collar of his jersey.

Kinda shocked this failed

 

[Greg]

All of the voted on measures by the owners:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/28/nfl-rule-changes-for-2012/

I actually liked the booth review idea. I wonder why that failed.

 

[Futurevoid]

Ahh a disciple of the Tom Coughlin school of parenting.

Heh, I could always go with the Sam Jackson approach. :jnc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNhnCD0EZtE&feature=player_detailpage#t=61s

 

[Plinko]

I actually liked the booth review idea. I wonder why that failed.

I can almost guarantee it has to do with keeping a separate identity from the college game.

 

[eznark]

I actually liked the booth review idea. I wonder why that failed.

Me too. Pretty pissed it failed. Apparently the Packers voted against the expansion of the defenseless player rule but voted with the other rules that passed.

 

[yankeehater]

Kinda shocked this failed

Yeah the league is usually all about QB safety. I am stunned that didnt pass.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

then why are old people sleeping all the time? That's just math

Dude, old people sleep from like 8pm to 2am max, only reason they fall asleep any other time of day is because by the time you're old even breathing seems like a rerun.

Yeah the league is usually all about QB safety. I am stunned that didnt pass.

They're just setting up an inviting stage for all the ugly hits Brees is going to be taking this year.

 

[bionic77]

Yeah the league is usually all about QB safety. I am stunned that didnt pass.

Same here. That is weird.

I understand why they didn't pass the booth review thing. The owners are always really slow to react to anything like that.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Ugh, that's a killer. My wife tried that shit one night with my first daughter and I couldn't sleep for shit. Constantly worried I'd turn over and suffocate the baby or something, etc. That put an end to that. The first kid was a lot harder for us. We made a lot of mistakes like not imposing a schedule early on and other decisions that first time parents make that end up biting you in the ass.

I think that's usually why they say the second is easier. You just know more.

Yeah, looking back I laugh at all the silly things I agreed to because I didn't know any better. Next child will be different.

Also, my wife's worthless brother moved out yesterday so my daughter can finally have her own room! Yay!

 

[levious]

enforcing the horse collar rule in the pocket would just be too much.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

:jnc at the NBA


I'll rue the day when ads are brought to NFL jerseys.

Though the possibility of seeing Freeman as a walking Taco Bell billboard or Vick covered in "Pedigree-brand Dog Chow" will be hilarious.

 

[Greg]

:jnc at the NBA


I'll rue the day when ads are brought to NFL jerseys.

Though the possibility of seeing Freeman as a walking Taco Bell billboard or Vick covered in "Pedigree-brand Dog Chow" will be hilarious.

:jnc

 

[LJ11]

Plays a lot on special teams though, would Jacobs do the same if Dixon was out?

He can barely play the RB position.

 

[eznark]

I think teams should put ads on their uniforms. It's moronic not to. They should flat sell sponsorships. The Green Bay Packers brought to you by Miller Lite. Why not?

 

[Futurevoid]

He can barely play the RB position.

:jnc

Zing.


Titans are interested in Asante Samuels:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/28/report-titans-interested-in-asante-samuel/

Terry McCormick of Titan Insider reports that the Titans have “at least some interest” in acquiring Samuel. Tennessee lost Cortland Finnegan in free agency. While Alterraun Verner and Jason McCourty are viable young starters, Samuel would give the Titans three outstanding cornerbacks in the increasingly pass-first NFL.

McCormick also reports that the Eagles want a third-round pick for Samuel.

 

[TheLegendary]

I dont care if there's advertisements as long as they're tasteful and franchise appropriate.

Steelers- Sexual Abuse Support Group
Bucs- Taco Bell
Patriots- Night Owl Surveillance Systems

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

I think teams should put ads on their uniforms. It's moronic not to. They should flat sell sponsorships. The Green Bay Packers brought to you by Miller Lite. Why not?

Go watch nascar, keep that shit out of my leagues.

 

[snesfreak]

I dont care if there's advertisements as long as they're tasteful and franchise appropriate.

Steelers- Sexual Abuse Support Group
Bucs- Taco Bell
Patriots- Night Owl Surveillance Systems

Oh you.

 

[eznark]

Go watch nascar, keep that shit out of my leagues.

Why?

 

[Spectral Glider]

I think teams should put ads on their uniforms. It's moronic not to. They should flat sell sponsorships. The Green Bay Packers brought to you by Miller Lite. Why not?

Like I want to watch shitty insurance companies fight over who gets to put an ad on Rodgers.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Put a Met Life sticker on the Jets and call them the Mets.

 

[LJ11]

So Melving Ingram supposedly had a great Pro Day, Alshon didn't do too bad either, who cares though.

Ingram seems to have some strange condition, his arms keep shrinking. Over 31 at the Senior Bowl, around 30 at the combine, today they came in under 30, 29.5.

 

[h3ro]

:jnc at the NBA


I'll rue the day when ads are brought to NFL jerseys.

Though the possibility of seeing Freeman as a walking Taco Bell billboard or Vick covered in "Pedigree-brand Dog Chow" will be hilarious.

Practice jerseys have ads on them for two years now.

 

[yankeehater]

:jnc

Zing.


Titans are interested in Asante Samuels:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/28/report-titans-interested-in-asante-samuel/

To bad they didnt take the Lions 2nd round pick last year.

http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2012/1/6/2687413/asante-samuel-lions-eagles-trade

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Practice jerseys have ads on them for two years now.

Game-day jerseys.

 

[eznark]

http://i.imgur.com/JtJip.jpg[/IMG

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YsOq2.jpg[/IMG

Practice jerseys have ads on them for two years now.[/QUOTE]

ohmygoditsrapingmyeyesicanttakeitsomeonepleasemakeitstopthisistheworstinjusticesincethechalupafucksomeonemakeitgoawaywaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Fox318]

:jnc at the NBA


I'll rue the day when ads are brought to NFL jerseys.

Though the possibility of seeing Freeman as a walking Taco Bell billboard or Vick covered in "Pedigree-brand Dog Chow" will be hilarious.

Its in every other sport league outside of the US. Hell even MLS and the WNBA are doing it now and you bet your ass Stern will have ads on the Jerseys. I'm convinced however that after Spider-man 2 that at least Baseball will be safe.

 

[tmdorsey]

Hopefully the NFL doesn't get greedy enough to start that ads on gameday jerseys shit. Would be too damn distracting for me

 

[Buckethead]

Fucking ads on jerseys?

I hope those Mayans were right, after all...

:larry

 

[Futurevoid]

Mark Rypien is leading yet another class action suit against the NFL for head injuries...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...2/03/27/gIQA9RczeS_story.html?wprss=rss_local

In the suit, which was filed March 23 in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Rypien — along with 126 other former professional football players — allege that the NFL was aware of the dangers and risks of “repetitive traumatic brain injuries and concussions for decades, but deliberately ignored and actively concealed” the information, court documents say.

Theirs is the latest in a rising number of concussion- and head trauma-related class action suits leveled against the NFL by former players. The league is facing about a half-dozen class-action suits and “many more” multi-action suits from an estimated 1,000 former players, according to Gene Locks of the Locks Law Firm in Philadelphia.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

I'd be pissed if I was a WNBA player and had BIMBO on my jersey. Just sayin.

 

[Fox318]

I'd be pissed if I was a WNBA player and had BIMBO on my jersey. Just sayin.

Honestly I'd rather have that then what is going on in the WPS.

As much as I love the RedBull ownership of the Bulls I would have rather they kept the MetroStars name. That new stadium they built is awesome.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Its in every other sport league outside of the US. Hell even MLS and the WNBA are doing it now and you bet your ass Stern will have ads on the Jerseys. I'm convinced however that after Spider-man 2 that at least Baseball will be safe.

I'm not totally against ads on jerseys in sports. Heck, I have a Manchester United kit (jersey/shirt) hanging in the closet right now with a giant AON plastered right in the middle (what the fuck is an AON?). I understand that that's the way the world of sports is moving and ads on uniforms represent a relatively easy way to make revenue. Seeing ads on NFL jerseys wouldn't be the end of the world, if done right ( and not like Nascar), but I still prefer jerseys with as little extra clutter (jerseys already have the NFL shield, manufacturer logo, team logos, numbers, and player names) as possible.

 

[eznark]

I had no idea WNBA still existed. Weird. I can't believe people pay to advertise there.

What is WPS?

 

[jakncoke]

I had no idea WNBA still existed. Weird. I can't believe people pay to advertise there.

What is WPS?

The only reason I knew it existed still was because when I would creep on nba-age thread LovingSteam had pages filled with WNBA posts during their lockout.

 

[smokeymicpot]

I'd be pissed if I was a WNBA player and had BIMBO on my jersey. Just sayin.

Not like anyone watches it anyway.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Mark Rypien is leading yet another class action suit against the NFL for head injuries...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...2/03/27/gIQA9RczeS_story.html?wprss=rss_local

He's such a head case.

 

[h3ro]

It could be worse...

 

[Greg]

I wouldn't want a company's logo to interfere with my love/hatred of certain teams.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

It could be worse...

I won't re-post the image. Not sure if that's on the same page twice that it wouldn't create a back hole and destroy the universe.

There aren't enough :jnc's

 

[snesfreak]

I wouldn't want a company's logo to interfere with my love/hatred of certain teams.

Packers should just have this on their jerseys.

 

[jakncoke]

It could be worse...

http://i.imgur.com/VJu3K.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

:me!

 

[Futurevoid]

Brandon Jacobs deal with the Niners is an incentive laden 1 year deal worth up to 2 million dollars.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Hurry up football.Were stuck talking about sleep and jersey ads.

 

[Fox318]

I'm not totally against ads on jerseys in sports. Heck, I have a Manchester United kit (jersey/shirt) hanging in the closet right now with a giant AON plastered right in the middle (what the fuck is an AON?). I understand that that's the way the world of sports is moving and ads on uniforms represent a relatively easy way to make revenue. Seeing ads on NFL jerseys wouldn't be the end of the world, if done right ( and not like Nascar), but I still prefer jerseys with as little extra clutter (jerseys already have the NFL shield, manufacturer logo, team logos, numbers, and player names) as possible.

I honestly feels it ruins the integrity of the uniform and the game. Uniforms are supposed to be a teams soul. Location and tradition almost don't matter anymore with players going to sports organizations the uniform is the only thing left.

I had no idea WNBA still existed. Weird. I can't believe people pay to advertise there.

What is WPS?

Womens Professional Soccer.

It could be worse...

Case example of why you don't do it. But everybody has a price.

I can only think of one example of a sports organization toning down ads.

And they are reverting back.

 

[Greg]

Packers should just have this on their jerseys.

I would cheer for the team even more.

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

Kinda shocked this failed

I am so happy that didn't pass, it would be ridiculous to flag for that.

When a quarterback is trying to evade players will grab whatever they can and not with the intention of harming the player, just making the play. If that rule passed you would see a lot less sacks.