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DBCooper

DBCooper

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While I’m not in the camp of NFL games are rigged, I do think there’s a lot of bad calls going on.

How do you propose to fix this?

Change the slide rule? And how?

Replay of penalties? How would you do it.

Biggest hurdle to making changes is the competition committee and their steadfastness to keeping it happening on the field in real time.

I don’t have any ideas yet but I’m starting to think through ideas.

Have any yet?
 
I like the idea of the QB becoming a RB once they cross the LOS. There’ll be no safe space, so wear bigger pads if necessary.
 
Speedy said:
I don't think the problem is about what rules are in place, it's about the inconsistent enforcement of the rules. Until that changes, it doesn't really matter what rules you make.
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Which is why I suggest the NFLPA review & fine the officials. They should be more concerned about player safety & the integrity of the game than the NFL is.
 
DBCooper said:
Replay of penalties? How would you do it.
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Challenge flag. Inside 2 minutes, the league should review the call. That only resolves the calls made, not the non-calls.
thunderkyss said:
I think the NFLPA should be allowed to sanction officiating.
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What would that solve? Other than appealing fines, which I believe they are already involved in. I don't see how the NFLPA has a dog in the fight.
 
1. Everything is challengeable.
2. As long as you keep winning the challenges, you have 2 in the bank. So, in other words, you're allowed 2 failed challenges.

The problem with the above is that the refs fight back. Remember the PI being challengeable? IIRC, there was exactly 0 PI challenges that succeeded. Several by the Texans when the call was obviously wrong.
 
But when it comes to the refs protecting the league's most expensive toys, I don't know how to fix that... For some reason, it is generally accepted that superstars get special treatment. I disagree with that, but many people, including people in the media, who have a louder voice than mine, accept it as a given...
 
Lucky said:
What would that solve? Other than appealing fines, which I believe they are already involved in. I don't see how the NFLPA has a dog in the fight.
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The players are represented by the NFLPA, they would be their advocate awarding fines for bad officiating. Or maybe the competition comittee... but I think they're just an extension of the owners.

I don't think waiting on the NFL to punish the refs is affective.
 
thunderkyss said:
The players are represented by the NFLPA, they would be their advocate awarding fines for bad officiating.
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The players are equally affected in a positive and negative manner by the poor officiating. Getting involved with officiating is a rubicon the NFLPA will not cross. The fines for players come from the league office and are not really related to officiating, but film review by the league.
 
Lucky said:
The players are equally affected in a positive and negative manner by the poor officiating. Getting involved with officiating is a rubicon the NFLPA will not cross. The fines for players come from the league office and are not really related to officiating, but film review by the league.
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jmo, how I would address the problem.
 
Lucky said:
Challenge flag. Inside 2 minutes, the league should review the call. That only resolves the calls made, not the non-calls.
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It’s not a bad idea. But in the case of penalty on the hit on Mahomes the league stood by the refs and said they made the right call. I don’t think the call would have been reversed in that situation.

Which you know why. I know why. Everyone knows why.
 
TexansBull said:
It’s not a bad idea. But in the case of penalty on the hit on Mahomes the league stood by the refs and said they made the right call. I don’t think the call would have been reversed in that situation.
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I read the explanation by Walt Anderson, former NFL ref and current VP of officiating. The officials are always goint to cover for each other. Need to get rid of the good old boy system and be honest on replays.
 
The only things that could have an impact is that Every call should be able to be reviewed by the NY office within the parameters of the current challenge system. None of this nonsense about only certain calls being reviewable and/or “it wasn’t called on the field so it can’t be reviewed..” ****.

QBs should also be fined HEAVILY for sliding late and/or for flopping trying to exploit the protection rules. Can’t play with defenders like that.

But We’re talking about a league that wouldn’t admit to the existence of CTE and how it’s sport contributes to it. So All the other stuff suggested in this thread would require the league to explicitly admit that it protects its superstars & they’re quicker to flag something for those guys than other lesser known players…mainly its superstar QBs…and we know they just flat out aren’t going to admit to that. So…..
 
The Chiefs are a more valuable money generator than most other teams. The NFL protects it's better money generators more vigorously than others. Become one of those, and you'll get special treatment as well. We all know how this works.

Yeah it sucks and blah blah blah. It is what it is.
 
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Once past line of scrimmage, QB loses any advantages. He is subject to any hits that anyone else would.

I would also make a two-tier roughing penalty, and a two-tier PI as well. There is running into the kicker and roughing the kicker. In other words, they acknowledge a distinction between incidental contact, and something more intentional. One is 5 yards, one is 15.

A guy putting up his hand trying to bat a psss down, and who makes incidental contact to the head isn’t the same as a guy running full speed, ball clearly out and who follows through with full body weight, while slamming him to the turf. Those should not be treated the same.

One should be 5, the other 15.

Same with PI - something a bit more benign and incidental - 5 yards like D holding. If you draped all over the guy and yanking on his arm…spot foul.

There needs to be more nuance.
 
Thorn said:
The Chiefs are a more valuable money generator than most other teams. The NFL protects it's better money generators more vigorously than others. Become one of those, and you'll get special treatment as well. We all know how this works.

Yeah it sucks and blah blah blah. It is what it is.
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Sadly, the reason they are has little to do with football.

And yeah, any team can become one of those "money generators" as soon as they find someone who can bring as many eye$ to the game as Taylor does. Short of Elvis coming out of hiding, I don't think that person exists.
 
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