Is the NFL Considering a Drastic Change That Could Alter the Way the Game Looks?
Players wait on the field with half the lights out in the Superdome during a power outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. Credit: AP
Back in December, one of the hot topics was whether the NFL was considering a major change that would alter the game of professional football: getting rid of kickoffs. Well, the NFL rumor mill is at full capacity now that it’s the offseason and another possible change is floating around the Internet: the NFL may be considering widening the field like that of the Canadian Football League.
Currently, the CFL fields are 195 feet wide while the NFL ones are 160 feet.
The site National Football Post broached the idea this week, and it’s starting to take off. Yahoo picked it up and even made it a front page story. And if you think it’s just boredom giving way to silliness, think again. One of those vocalizing the idea is former 6-time executive of the year Bill Polian — and he says the ideas was already starting to get talked about within the NFL community and specifically the all-important competition committee.
“I’m not so sure we shouldn’t think about widening the field,” Polian told the Post. “It’s a radical idea, but I think it’s worth thinking about. You would have more space and perhaps a safer game. I say that based on my CFL experience. There are less collisions of that type in the Canadian game.”
The idea is that a wider field would diminish brutal hits. But not everyone’s convinced.
Hall of Famer Warren Moon played in both leagues and said the wider field could actually be more dangerous.
“The lower impact hits I think cause more problems over a period of time because there are more of them,” he said. Additionally, defense players would also have more room to build up steam and hits could end up being even more brutal.
There’s also another downfall, he added: ““It would be hard for defenses to stop the offenses. They are having a hard time stopping them now. It would be harder with a bigger field. There would be a lot more scoring, I know that. If you make the field bigger, bigger lanes, bigger areas, it will be tougher for those defensive backs to cover.”
Polian isn’t buying it.
“The farther a player has to run in terms of contact, the less ferocious the contact is going to be,” he said. “We know the most ferocious hits come from guys who are ten yards apart and lay each other out. You have fewer higher power collisions in the Canadian League than here.”
Still, Yahoo doesn’t think it will happen.
“[I]t’s hard to imagine the NFL changing one of the basic foundations of the game after so many years with the same size field. The last change this drastic might be when the league moved the goal posts from the goal line to the back of the end zone in 1974.
“Changing the width of the field would be a major change to the game, and while it doesn’t logically seem very likely to happen soon, the NFL needs to look at every possibility to quell the negative publicity over player safety issues.”
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moreteaplease
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:33amFine, while don’t they just go to a flag or touch format along with no score keeping or kickoffs and be done with it.
That way, no one gets hurt physically or emotionally and everyone goes home a winner with their fragile psyche intact!!!
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naughtycal
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:16amThe really need to get rid of the commentators I literally have to turn off the sound just to watch a game. It would be a better game if you just got top watch it and hear the players the crowd and the hits.
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braddock66
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:38amI am a big football fan and could name you every super bowl, in order, since 1966. If they keep screwing with the fundamentals of the game just like the dems to our country. I’ll take my entertainment dollar somewhere else
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:28pmwhy don’t they just put them in tutu’s and make it flag football. Bunch of pansies. They make millions of dollars to take the risk to their bodies. Why can’t they just leave traditions alone?
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PK_SEA
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:57pmThey are trying to evolve football into soccer.
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:06pmI have switched to watching rugby on BBC. A lot rougher game.
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Kalidor835
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:24pmI’d like to know just how they’d propose doing this when all of the stadiums are built for the fields they have now? Newer single sports fields would have to go through serious renovations to implement a new field width and who would foot the bill for that?
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RabidPatriot
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:35pmThe NFL is so over-regulated it is almost unwatchable now. The game is constantly delayed with penalties and reviews. The officials are now a team of their own and their sometimes bad decisions wrongly decide games. It sucks.
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JacquesChirac
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:45pmSomeone please post a video of the Ravens’ tight end, Pitta, getting knocked on his arse in the end zone by a New England Patriot during their playoff game. Strange, they didn’t run at each other for 10 yards before that hit…
And if I recall correctly, Pitta caught a TD pass on the very next play…
Polian – you spend your life watching the game from the safety of your suite high, high above the field. Do us all a favor – shut your trap and stay put!!!
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jcldwl
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:54pm@ Braddock 66
I already did that. The drama of the analysts and announcers is like listening to a bunch of women gossip. But the kicker for me is the NFL acceptance of satanic rituals for their superbowl halftime show. Now I’m just happy with my memories of my 70′s Steelers and I no longer have anything to do with the NFL. Big waist of time anyway.
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A_CALL_TO_CONSCIENCE
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:05pmIt’s a voluntary sport. Don’t ruin the game for us. This is absurd they would even think about doing this. The NFL is the only sport out there that’s worth watching (besides UFC).
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carhouse
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:17pmI hear they are doing toenail inspections to ensure nobody gets hurt on a loose toenail
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oldguy49
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:14pmthere’s always honey boo boo
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kaydeebeau
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:31pmand here I thought the reason there was the Canadian Footbal League and the field and rules are as they are was because the players weren’t good enough to play in the NFL…..I guess I was wrong?
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girving
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:36pmBraddock66 can name every Super Bowl since 1966. That’s a pretty good trick since the Super Bowls didn’t even start until 1967
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Mojoron
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 7:42pmTake off the pads. Nobody will get hurt. Rugby is a rough game, but no one is going to head **** you.
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one.dakine.howlie
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 8:45pmThis is an idiotic idea. First of all, are you going to take the word of a business executive who has never seen the inside of a football game or an actual player who has experienced both field types. I think we know the answer to that question… Second, this would cost owners HUGE amounts of money to remodel their stadiums, teams HUGE amounts of time to retrain their teams to a new field, and would fundamentally change the game style.
The NFL is just afraid the government will come after them with regulations because of the concussion issue. This is a decision based on fear not the quality of the game itself. If we go down that road why don’t we just ban the entire sport altogether then no one will get a concussion! Heck lets ban all sports! While we’re at it lets make it a crime for anyone to touch another another person! Good grief… These athletes know what they’re signing on for. They don’t need to be babysat.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:07pmI hope the NFL shuts down all together. They can take their concussions and political correctness and go to some other country like Mexico.
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dwilco77
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:12pmWhat we really need to do is change the name to Bloomberg Ball, and change to a Nerf ball, and the players are only allowed to try to knock each other down with feather pillows. The first team could come out of New York City, and they can only serve carrot sticks, and unsweetened granola with bottled water (recyclable bottles of course) in the concession stands.Instead of the National Anthem, we will all sing “It’s a Small World”. There will be Gay weddings for half time entertainment. And after the game we will all bicycle home while we pledge allegiance to our King.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:10amThey-the-players need to get rid of those hard plastic helmuts which allow thebrain to bash around inside!! A simple leather-skin-helmut would keep abbrasions down to a minnimum and would be much softer on ones brain and skull. Get rid of all that hard-plastic-padding and the players will quit smashing each other like [120-TON FREIGHT-TRAIN-ENGINS!!
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USANUMBERONE
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:38pmI agree. Save money and do away with keeping score. Everyone wins.
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jwright.80
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:32am3 simple changes to the NFL and 1 change in philosophy would solve this issue…
1. [MOST IMPORTANT] Have all current and future players sign a safety waiver that clearly states the nature of this game is inherently violent and due to that fact serious injury is a possibility. The NFL agrees to take reasonable steps to limit such injuries, but, the player acknowledges that no manner of steps will prevent injury in all cases.
2. All player contracts shall include a clause requiring at least 10% of their salary go into a league managed investment fund that is payable to the player upon their retirement from the league. No exceptions. This will help to insure that players have the means to take care of themselves after football. The player can choose to pay more than 10% and only the portion above 10% can be withdrawn before retirement.
3. Establish a league-wide medical plan that covers current and retired players. Similar to the way the rest of us have a medical plan at work. Players could augment that plan with a percentage of their salary going into a medical fund. Similar to #2 – except it could only be used for medical costs but at retirement they would receive any unused funds back.
Finally, change the way the game is taught – starting with pop warner to the pros. Teach kids how to safely block, tackle and hit and enforce it as a rule. Play safe and play – play unsafe and you can’
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Rogue
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:35amI couldn’t agree more. No one is forcing these players to take up football as a profession. I know plenty of people who would willingly take the risk associated with pro football for that kind of salary, and I know plenty who wouldn’t risk it for the world.
I would not at all be surprised if the NFL is completely gone in 20 year’s time, seeing as how children’s football programs and even high school programs will soon be extinct in the nanny state. As soon as parents start suing opposing players, school districts and equipment manufacturers for injuries, its all over. Not to mention politicians getting involved with “safe sports” legislation at some point.
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woodenputter
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:28pmQuestion please, did the NFL (National Felons Leaque) get a wavier from Obama care? I know the NFL and their ilk don’t pay sales tax on their product, which is BS, nuff said.
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:32amGo back to leather helmets and the problem will fix itself .
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Seagal45
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:20pmI totally agree with you on that point. It’s a dangerous game because of all the safety equipment. If they don’t know they are getting into a profession which can cause problems later then they don’t really have the brains to play to begin with.
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GoodStuff
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:13pmBingo, we have a winner. Get rid of the helmet and you’ll see a safer game. Players right now believe they are invincible with these helmets, hence they hit each other head first. Rugby players hit with their chests and arms, knowing they need to protect their heads. There’s no concussion epidemic in rugby.
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coolcat
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:28pmAbsolutely right and its not just football. Hockey is another sport that needs to re-look at the equipment so that players don’t feel like gladiators before they blow someone away.
Protection is good but when the equipment starts making a player more damaging to other players it has crossed the line.
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garylee123
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:18pmNaw….let’s go the other direction and Mad Max the game. Spikes on helmets and pads. Leaded spiked gloves. Motorcycles allowed on kickoff only.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:18amRush called this one right – the game of football is being defamed, deformed and soon will pass into the night completely.
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:33amThis won’t happen for the same reason the NHL won’t use International size rinks (although it makes the game faster and more exciting), it the field gets bigger, you have to remove seats. And not just any seats, the nice expensive ones. It will result it less money so it’s not going to happen.
These guys better be careful. They keep chic-ifying the NFL, they will get a competitor that plays old-school football that will steal their audience away. I’ve already started watching a lot of Rugby.
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RealLiibertarian
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:38amWatching the Sevens in Las Vegas this past weekend was better than any football game, college or pro. Just disappointed that they didn’t show the NZ All Blacks’ haka before the match.
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GoodStuff
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:17pm@Squid
I agree with you on hockey, but there is plenty of space on the sidelines in the NFL; they wouldn’t have to remove any seats.
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edrebber
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:07pmEven if they remove seats in the front, they will just make the seats further back more expensive.
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oicu814me2
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:15amMore people are injured in soocer than football and you dont here a peep about that.
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AmericanStrega
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:15amWhy don’t they just have players pick up their XBOX controllers and play that way?
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RRFlyer
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:58amWhy don’t they just play flag football?
If the players weren’t willing to sacrifice a few bones for a few million dollars a year they wouldn’t play.
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DougHuffman
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:58amThe NFL, Naked Football League? I might subscribe, until the feminists arise rampant.
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RealLiibertarian
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:56amWell, if they got rid of all the armour that protects the whimps that play, made the field bigger, and didn’t stop the clock between each play they might have a game worth watching. Of course, then it would be like rugby, which is a real sport for for real people. American football is a joke.
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conservativecollegekid
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:48pmYour opinion is a joke.
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Schteveo
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 5:40pmREAL,
that’s WHY the two sports exist. Different sports fans want different things to watch.
I think they ought to have more football AND rugby, but do away with basketball. I doubt we’ll see my idea or yours.
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ZAP
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:48amAll players should have to wear burkas
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Cavallo
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:48amThe castration of American Society continues. Lets just chuck it all and convert the NFL to Flag Football, or Touch Football. They could all then hold hands at the end and beginning of the games and give each other warm comforting hugs.
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Longgonegator
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:59amA lot like NASCAR has become
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RealLiibertarian
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:00amWith all the armour they wear, it might as well be flag football. The game was castrated when they went to all the armor, all the subsitute rules, and not playing a full game by anyone on the team. Don’t try and defend football as a rough, tough, sport for men, ’cause it ain’t.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:12pmJust dress them all up in Michelin Man suits and let them go at it. Safe for all.
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Joe_The_Patriot
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:15pm@longonegator
Your right about nascar.. They really screwed it up bad… It was so much better when earnhardt sr. was alive and rubbing was racing.. They let toyota in which was a huge sellout… and anytime anyone bangs into another car they get a penalty…. I used to love to watch a short track race because you knew there’d be a fight.. but not anymore….. Maybe they will smarten up and let the sport go back to it’s roots.. but I doubt it…
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jackact
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:48amStop deluding yourselves America.
Stick a fork in it (NFL – MLB)
They are done.
:(
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naughtycal
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:36amThat’s why they are trying to expand the brand to get more women watching. The NFL is being killed by the same policies that have killed Nascar…for most of us.
If they started a league that allowed doping and actually treating every player on the field equally it would surpass the NFL like a MMA is surpassing traditional boxing.
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SamIamTwo
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:46amI hate crowds, traffic, etc. New helmet forthcoming to protect the head that contains the brain.
Get a wider angle lens. I can’t afford to attend but they tell me I can afford to pay taxes for the bloody dome. Et tu, Brute?
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lel2007
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:44amWhat if the NFL eliminated the helmet (battering ram) and shoulder and other pads (armor), much like a rugby player? All the elements of football remain except for the violent collisions.
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BurntHills
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:41amthey’ll all be painted with the obama logo, naked, and skipping & running with scissors. obama will love it.
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Bloody Sam
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:09amPeople. Please. Take a look at the way Big Ten college football is played. Watch a game or two. Then watch an NFL game. One will do.
You will notice there is a marked difference in the way that tacklers approach and engage a ball carrier. College players DO NOT use the crown of their helmets. They used tackling techniques that they have been taught since High School…or before. They use shoulders and arms to gather in the legs of a runner.
Once a player is drafted in to the NFL, something changes. They are TAUGHT by coaches to spear the opponent to put him down fast. I know whereof I speak. It is a cultural thing that the coaches on almost every team teach and demand of their players…otherwise they do not play.
The “Bounty-Gate” scandal was only the tip of the iceberg.
If the NFL really cared about curtailing injuries in their league, that is where they would start.
But…they do not. Eliminating the kickoff is utter idiocy. It is a band-aid approach to a serious issue within the ranks of their players.
I would think the NFLPA would get on board with this and demand action from the NFL.
But…just follow the Benjamins. They won’t.
Many more young men will sacrifice their health and possibly their lives.
Even if a player died on the field…it still would not change.
Congress would hold hearings and harumph their way through that Circus…but nothing would change.
I say…give the players their leather helmets back. Then see how fast things change.
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GunsBlazin
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:40amCollisions would be less violent if players are further apart? What an idiot! Think of it in terms or cars. Two cars are 10 yards apart and come at each other accelerating at the same rate. Then those cars coming together from 30 yards apart accelerating at the same rate. It doesn’t take a smart person to figure out which is going to do more damage. This guy needs to stick to business and leave football alone.
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jeanr
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:57amI’m going to go ahead and guess that you’ve never played the game at a highly competitive level. Widening the field would allow for more open field tackles like you used to see in the NFL prior to the 90′s and less body-to-body collisions like you see now. The runner would have more room to maneuver (as opposed to approaching the sideline and then having to cut back into the field as quickly). Also, the starting point of the receivers would be widened, so it isn’t so crowded in the middle of the field when running crossing patterns, allowing the receiver to catch the ball and reset before being hit.
The NFL game has changed drastically. Not just with the size and speed of players, but also the game has gone from a primarily running game to a passing one, which leads to more speed and more brutal hits.
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GunsBlazin
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:24amMaybe you’ll have less hard hits. But when you do, they’ll be harder. What league did you play in? Monday Morning or Armchair?
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jeanr
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:59amLOL. Neither. I watched the SuperBowl last week for the halftime show and the commercials, so now I feel like an expert on the sport.
Excuse me. I gotta go. I can’t figure out if I want this knitted muffler to be dark orchid or deep lilac.
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KidLiberty
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:30pmExactly, isn’t that why there is talk of getting rid of the kickoff?
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jeanr
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:45pm@ KIDLIBERTY–There is. Plenty of it. Plus, the new kickoff rules have greatly increased the number of touchbacks anyway. We have far less returned kickoffs than before and the kick return specialist is an endangered species in the NFL.
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Schteveo
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 5:34pmJean, if the ball is thrown to the sideline, or the play goes that way, they’re still at the sideline. All they’ve done is run further and passed further to get there. A sideline pass won’t be removed from the playbooks. The QB just has to throw further, it’s physics, not impossibility at work here.
And you don’t have to play the game at a higher level, you just have to watch some CFL games. And I spent a number of years working up there, the QBs use that wider field just like we do here. The playbooks use ALL the available playing surface, just like the NFL does.
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jeanr
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 10:13amThanks for the info. I didn’t realize that they still got hit in the CFL. I just assumed that the field was so big that the ball carrier just eventually got tired from running, laid down, and took a nap. I really should do my research before shooting off my mouth.
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Stoic one
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:39amOH wait!
Cincinnati would have to tear down it’s stadium to have a bigger field and I am sure other cities would have to do the same.
More taxes…yes!
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txswalker
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:37amGreat lets make the nations #1 sport like the cfl which noone gives a cr@p about…BRILLIANT! Thats why we pay those wussies millions…take the hits the fame the fortune or just leave
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Minarchian
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:37amI don’t give a cr*p what they do.
Unless, of course, they want tax money to change the stadiums for it.
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Stoic one
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:36amhmn…
Bread & circus’s .
Let us distract from real problems by throwing ‘chaff’ like this into the air.
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pragmaticpatriot
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:45amblood upon the sand takes our appetite away yet we hunger for more….
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Guerrino_P
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:36amThe CFL also has two 50 yard lines and 12 players on each team instead of 11. I’m with GONZO, leave it alone.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:34amHey, and everybody gets a trophy when the season is over!
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:31amRush has been saying it for months. I agree our government is pathetic at all levels. Men are a dying breed. Pathetic wussies from the stands.
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huey6367
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:28amPC at its worst. Maybe they should just play flag football so no one gets hurt and call the game if one team is up by more than 14 points.
They are turning this game into PeeWee football.
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TMOverbeck
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 7:52amThey lost me when they instituted the “excessive celebration” penalty. They need to focus on keeping a REASONABLE safety environment and not worry about hurting people’s feelings or making the game 100% pain-free.
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Gonzo
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:28amWhy don’t we just leave it alone, it’s the most successful sports league in the States. If you’re afraid of injury… don’t play.
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SHOOTnCRASH
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:07pmIts not the players afraid of injury its this commissioner Roger Goodell that happens to be a big Obama fan leftwad that is doing all this. This guy actually changed the first game of the season this year from its normal Thursday to Wednesday because Obama was speaking at the Democratic National convention on that Thursday. This wasn’t a state of the Union speech, it was a speech that most of America never saw and usually doesn’t even know happens. The only way to save the NFL is to get rid of Goodell.
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