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POSTED 9:42 p.m. EDT, May 9, 2007
NFL CHANGES INJURY REPORTING
The revised NFL media policy, mentioned below, also contains significant changes to the procedure for reporting injuries.
The league will now require teams to include in their Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday disclosures identification of whether the player did not participate in practice, had limited participation in practice, or fully participated in practice.
This disclosure will be in addition to the categories of "out," "doubtful," "questionable," and "probable."
And because "probable" means that there is a virtual certainty that the player will be available for normal duty, the failure of a player who is listed as probable to play on Sunday will be regarded as a violation of the revised policy.
Though we generally agree with any effort to force the teams to be more forthcoming regarding injuries, the league still needs (we believe) to add a category that falls somewhere between 50-50 and "virtual certainty." Or they need to change the term "probable" so that the casual fan will realize that it really means "virtual certainty" or, under the new policy, "actual certainty unless the team wants to get a knee to the groin from the league office."
And that's really the message here. Any player listed as "probable" is actually "certain." So every player with any type of nick or ding or bruise or boo-boo should be listed.
POSTED 8:55 p.m. EDT, May 9, 2007
NFL FORCES ACCESS TO ASSISTANT COACHES
An industry source has forwarded to us the 2007 revisions to the NFL media policy, which contains several interesting developments.
Most significantly, head coaches who prefer the single-voice approach are going to have to learn ventriloquism, since teams now "must provide regular and reasonable access to assistant coaches for media interviews that serve the best interests of the club and league." In other words, "[c]lubs may not put assistant coaches off limits to the media and may not unreasonably withhold permission for primary position coaches or coordinators to speak to the media."
Two of the most stringent "I'm the only one who can talk" coaches, Bill Parcells and Nick Saban, left the NFL this year. But Pats coach Bill Belichick applies the same approach, and he'll now have to change his ways.
NFL CHANGES INJURY REPORTING
The revised NFL media policy, mentioned below, also contains significant changes to the procedure for reporting injuries.
The league will now require teams to include in their Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday disclosures identification of whether the player did not participate in practice, had limited participation in practice, or fully participated in practice.
This disclosure will be in addition to the categories of "out," "doubtful," "questionable," and "probable."
And because "probable" means that there is a virtual certainty that the player will be available for normal duty, the failure of a player who is listed as probable to play on Sunday will be regarded as a violation of the revised policy.
Though we generally agree with any effort to force the teams to be more forthcoming regarding injuries, the league still needs (we believe) to add a category that falls somewhere between 50-50 and "virtual certainty." Or they need to change the term "probable" so that the casual fan will realize that it really means "virtual certainty" or, under the new policy, "actual certainty unless the team wants to get a knee to the groin from the league office."
And that's really the message here. Any player listed as "probable" is actually "certain." So every player with any type of nick or ding or bruise or boo-boo should be listed.
POSTED 8:55 p.m. EDT, May 9, 2007
NFL FORCES ACCESS TO ASSISTANT COACHES
An industry source has forwarded to us the 2007 revisions to the NFL media policy, which contains several interesting developments.
Most significantly, head coaches who prefer the single-voice approach are going to have to learn ventriloquism, since teams now "must provide regular and reasonable access to assistant coaches for media interviews that serve the best interests of the club and league." In other words, "[c]lubs may not put assistant coaches off limits to the media and may not unreasonably withhold permission for primary position coaches or coordinators to speak to the media."
Two of the most stringent "I'm the only one who can talk" coaches, Bill Parcells and Nick Saban, left the NFL this year. But Pats coach Bill Belichick applies the same approach, and he'll now have to change his ways.
