If you could change 1 or 2 rules

[Alex44]

What would they be?

Mine would be

No more 5 yard face mask penalty, unless teh refs think its intentional you cant fault a guy for trying to make a tackle

and

Running backs can also wear numbers 1-10. WR's have to stick with 80-89

 

[HysterikiLL]

I'd allow teams to challenge any play. I don't like those calls that are 'unchallengable' because the Ref. has blown the whistle or whatever it is.

 

[MikeO]

All forms of ENDZONE celebrations are penalized. That way there is no debate, if you do anything. It gets flagged. None of this........"well that wasn't bad"....or....."that was over the top flag that".

If you do an endzone celebration, you get flagged! Very CUT AND DRY!

 

[HysterikiLL]

All forms of ENDZONE celebrations are penalized. That way there is no debate, if you do anything. It gets flagged. None of this........"well that wasn't bad"....or....."that was over the top flag that".

If you do an endzone celebration, you get flagged! Very CUT AND DRY!

Will you ban smiling next?

 

[Alex44]

All forms of ENDZONE celebrations are penalized. That way there is no debate, if you do anything. It gets flagged. None of this........"well that wasn't bad"....or....."that was over the top flag that".

If you do an endzone celebration, you get flagged! Very CUT AND DRY!

Damn thats harsh

@ what Hyster said


What about dumping Gatorade/Water on the coach? Does you get disqualified for that :confused:

How about we just let guys do whatever they want in the endzone, and if the D doesnt like it they can stop that guy next time

 

[ch19079]

I'd allow teams to challenge any play. I don't like those calls that are 'unchallengable' because the Ref. has blown the whistle or whatever it is.

If play can continue after the whistle has blown, what would stop the play?


but if i could change one, i would change the illegal contact rule. i do not believe it should result in an automatic first down. i think it should be a spot foul, and then replay the down.

i would also let pass interfierence be reviewed. any penalty that can result in such a huge gain in yardage should be able to be reviewed. often the ref doesnt see everything and if the WR falls they penalize the defender when he did nothing wrong.

offensive pass interference should result in a loss of down and a 10 yard penalty. i think it currently has a 10 yard penalty and replay the down, but they never call it so i could be wrong...

 

[Alex44]

If play can continue after the whistle has blown, what would stop the play?


but if i could change one, i would change the illegal contact rule. i do not believe it should result in an automatic first down. i think it should be a spot foul, and then replay the down.

i would also let pass interfierence be reviewed. any penalty that can result in such a huge gain in yardage should be able to be reviewed. often the ref doesnt see everything and if the WR falls they penalize the defender when he did nothing wrong. they should also call offensive pass interference more often.

I like that one, I dont think penalties should be reviewable though....I mean then whats to stop them from reviewing a holding call or a facemask? Just part of the game IMO

 

[ch19079]

I like that one, I dont think penalties should be reviewable though....I mean then whats to stop them from reviewing a holding call or a facemask? Just part of the game IMO

i see your point. but holding is only a 10 yard penatly, and at most 15 for a facemask. but a pass interference could result in huge yardage. basically giving the other team a TD because their own WR fell down.

 

[Alex44]

i see your point. but holding is only a 10 yard penatly, and at most 15 for a facemask. but a pass interference could result in huge yardage. basically giving the other team a TD because their own WR fell down.

10 yards can still kill your drive though (it isnt 30 or more like a PI sometimes)

but

2 and 10 is a lot different than 2 and 20


Maybe there could be an 'official review' if the ref isnt sure of a call or whatever they can review it, that way you dont have a team throwing a challenge flag on a penalty.

 

[ch19079]

Maybe there could be an 'official review' if the ref isnt sure of a call or whatever they can review it, that way you dont have a team throwing a challenge flag on a penalty.

now there is an idea i like.

an official in the booth watching the video. when im watching a game, i they show replays on TV and its obvious to everyone that it was a penalty or the replay shows that no penalty took place.

i think they should have a ref in the booth with a mic to the lead ref. so if there is any question or dout they can get the video ref's input.

 

[Alex44]

now there is an idea i like.

an official in the booth watching the video. when im watching a game, i they show replays on TV and its obvious to everyone that it was a penalty or the replay shows that no penalty took place.

i think they should have a ref in the booth with a mic to the lead ref. so if there is any question or dout they can get the video ref's input.

That would be a good idea, hopefully it wouldnt slow down the game though

Maybe something like 'Within the last 2 or 3 minutes of each half there can be an official review on penalties'

Its a good idea but we dont want the games slowing down while they look at every single penalty is all

 

[MikeO]

How about we just let guys do whatever they want in the endzone, and if the D doesnt like it they can stop that guy next time

It's not about the D not liking it or not. It's about moving things along. If you let guys do whatever they want the games will go 5+ hours and you will see props brought out on the field and guys doing broadway shows after each score.

Tags has been good on this issue getting rid of all of the BS showboating. Hopefully the next commish picks up where he has left off and just gets rid of it totally.

 

[burger13]

I really like the idea of reviewing pass interferrence calls........so many are bad calls that change entire games.

I also would like to see a change in the playoff system. I don't think that a division champion should get an automatic bid. I think that we should seed the teams 1-6 based off of record. There could be small perks for winning your division such as it being the first tie-breaker for a seed (if two teams are 10-6, one won the West, the other was 2nd in the East....the division winner automatically gets the higher seed).

With only 4 teams per division, it won't be long before a 10-6 team gets left out in favor of an 8-8 winner of a crappy division.

 

[Alex44]

It's not about the D not liking it or not. It's about moving things along. If you let guys do whatever they want the games will go 5+ hours and you will see props brought out on the field and guys doing broadway shows after each score.

Tags has been good on this issue getting rid of all of the BS showboating. Hopefully the next commish picks up where he has left off and just gets rid of it totally.

I dont recall TO's sharpie thing making the game 5 hours long :confused: or anything Chad has done

Like I said, if it bothers the defense they shuld stop it, if it doesnt bother them and it doesnt take TO long, then no problem with it

 

[burger13]

It's not about the D not liking it or not. It's about moving things along. If you let guys do whatever they want the games will go 5+ hours and you will see props brought out on the field and guys doing broadway shows after each score.

Tags has been good on this issue getting rid of all of the BS showboating. Hopefully the next commish picks up where he has left off and just gets rid of it totally.

If "moving things along" is the motivation then IMO they have made adequate rules to to fix the problem. NO USING THE BALL AS A PROP.

That is what they need to get the next play going, right?? The ball goes to the ref......he spots it for the extra point and the play clock starts. Where is the hold up possible???

Who cares if the WR is doing backflips accross the back of the endzone, or proposing to a cheerleader. If he's not done by the time the playclock expires, there's a penalty. You think that the coaches would stand for that?? No. Problem soleved. No delay.

Just because we at home are watching the celebration, doesn't mean that the refs weren't already setting for the next play.