Dallas;3636228 said:
You cannot argue leading w/ your helmet. Harrison has no defense on it and please don't try and argue the intent rule. It's obvious he did it. Look at the tape. The tape doesn't skew you w/ any opinion of intent. It clearly shows the player obviously breaking the rule.
The thread topic is Harrison not likeing the helmet rule and feeling that he somehow can't play within the rules, thus this Shirley Temple QQ retirement time he feels he needs cuz his feelings are hurt.
You are able to lead with the shoulder as Daunte Robinson did, BUT if that player that hes tackling puts his helmet in the way as Favre did to a Cowboy player to draw the penalty is that INTENT!!!!!!!!
And if so where do you draw the line, and if NOT where do you find the line?
Once the word intent in involved it gets ugly and dont tell me it doesnt. Its the same with the seat belt law, see how that is evolving?
If you are doing this to protect players, you gotta stop the sport to protect players, thats all its going to boil down to, but eventually someone is going to trip due to the grass, its going to cause a 60 million dollar player to do down and ALL grass is going to stripped away.
All these RULES are not to protect the player, this is to protect the investment of the player. Owners dont want 60 million dollar players out for a year or more.
Years ago when obviously the life of human meant nothing the game was stilled played and played roughly. No one cared back than to install rules, why the change?
If you are going to use the word intent and the NFL made SURE we knew thats the word they wanted highlighted, you are going to have problems. Take tackling now, its getting harder and harder to take a QB down and which refs throw the flags on what and which refs dont.
you cant get consistancy there, do you think your going to get it with a whole league of people who are going to have no basis on which to throw it.
The Duante Robinson hit was a legal HIT, pure and simple. But he still got fined and if its overruled is that fair? And how come neither hit of Harrisons was flagged, yet the Cowboys are flagged for touching? WHere is the consistancy there?
