Reverend Conehead
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Here is how I would change the rules of the game. It's not a list of what I think will happen. It's what I think should happen.
1. I say this every year and will keep saying it: Abolish the bump and run. It's by far my most hated rule. They enacted it in 1978. Prior to that year, there was no rule saying a defensive back could only contact a receiver in the first five yards. He could rough him up all he wanted until the ball was in the air. There was no penalty known as "illegal contact." I've never believed the game should be slanted in favor of the offense. The league decided it should be in order to supposedly make more exciting games. I think good defense is exciting. A pick 6 is just as exciting as a TD pass. Nix the bump and run. I hate it. It's the thing I hate most about the NFL.
2. Nix that rule that says a team gets penalized if the coach throws the red flag on a play that's to be reviewed anyway. It also should not stop the review from happening. If a coach throws a red flag when it's to be reviewed anyway, the ref just hands it back to him and explains that the challenge is not needed.
3. Ban bush league timeouts. These timeouts the instant before the ball is snapped for a field goal try have got to go. If a coach does that, it's a fifteen yard penalty. A coach cannot ask in advance for a timeout just before the snaps. He can only ask for a timeout at the moment he asks for it.
4. No more radios in helmets and no calling plays via hand signals from the sidelines. A quarterback must call all his own plays. The defensive captain must call all defensive sets. Put decisions the the hands of the players where they should be.
5. An interference call is now challengeable. A non-call still is not.
6. No more spiking the ball after a TD. No more victory celebrations. No more dunking the ball over the goal post. After a TD, a player can get pats on the back from teammates and that's it. Enough showboating.
7. End the ban on players dating cheerleaders. They should be free to do what they want in their personal lives.
8. Any team that uses lime green in their uniforms should have to add the word "puke" to their name since that's what that color looks like. This means that team up in Washington State will have to get rid of that ugly green or change their name to the Seattle "Puke" Seahawks.
9. Repeal the salary cap penalties that were unjustly given to the Cowboys and the Commanders. This means they are allowed to spend that amount extra in the next year and are reimbursed for any fines. The New York Giants will take a salary cap hit for the combined amount the Cowboys and Skins had to be docked for initiating the frivolous suit. Jim Mara should be required to give a press conference and apologize.
1. I say this every year and will keep saying it: Abolish the bump and run. It's by far my most hated rule. They enacted it in 1978. Prior to that year, there was no rule saying a defensive back could only contact a receiver in the first five yards. He could rough him up all he wanted until the ball was in the air. There was no penalty known as "illegal contact." I've never believed the game should be slanted in favor of the offense. The league decided it should be in order to supposedly make more exciting games. I think good defense is exciting. A pick 6 is just as exciting as a TD pass. Nix the bump and run. I hate it. It's the thing I hate most about the NFL.
2. Nix that rule that says a team gets penalized if the coach throws the red flag on a play that's to be reviewed anyway. It also should not stop the review from happening. If a coach throws a red flag when it's to be reviewed anyway, the ref just hands it back to him and explains that the challenge is not needed.
3. Ban bush league timeouts. These timeouts the instant before the ball is snapped for a field goal try have got to go. If a coach does that, it's a fifteen yard penalty. A coach cannot ask in advance for a timeout just before the snaps. He can only ask for a timeout at the moment he asks for it.
4. No more radios in helmets and no calling plays via hand signals from the sidelines. A quarterback must call all his own plays. The defensive captain must call all defensive sets. Put decisions the the hands of the players where they should be.
5. An interference call is now challengeable. A non-call still is not.
6. No more spiking the ball after a TD. No more victory celebrations. No more dunking the ball over the goal post. After a TD, a player can get pats on the back from teammates and that's it. Enough showboating.
7. End the ban on players dating cheerleaders. They should be free to do what they want in their personal lives.
8. Any team that uses lime green in their uniforms should have to add the word "puke" to their name since that's what that color looks like. This means that team up in Washington State will have to get rid of that ugly green or change their name to the Seattle "Puke" Seahawks.
9. Repeal the salary cap penalties that were unjustly given to the Cowboys and the Commanders. This means they are allowed to spend that amount extra in the next year and are reimbursed for any fines. The New York Giants will take a salary cap hit for the combined amount the Cowboys and Skins had to be docked for initiating the frivolous suit. Jim Mara should be required to give a press conference and apologize.
