Atlanta Dan
05-24-2011, 08:43 PM
Looks like we have the equivalent of "the Mel Blount rule"
The N.F.L. will begin fining teams if their players are repeatedly disciplined by the league for improper hits...
But one team will inevitably be linked to this new rule.
“We would have qualified,” Art Rooney II, the president of the Pittsburgh Steelers, said. Steelers linebacker James Harrison was fined repeatedly last season for hits that the N.F.L. deemed unacceptable. He was fined four times for a total of $100,000, including a $50,000 fine that was originally $75,000 before being reduced.
The Steelers — including Rooney — said repeatedly they felt Harrison was singled outfor enforcement. But Rooney said Tuesday that he thought players would have a better understanding in 2011 of how the hits were being officiated. Last season, the rules emphasis was made after games had already begun — after a mid-October Sunday in which multiple hits to the head were made around the league.
“We’ll have to wait and see how it works,” Rooney said. “I hope it’s used judiciously. I’m not sure it’s needed at this point, but I’m not going to jump up and down. I don’t think my view has changed much.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/sports/football/nfl-will-fine-teams-over-dangerous-hits.html?ref=sports
And there's more
Uh-oh, here comes another hit, Pittsburgh
Here we go, Steelers, here we go ... again.
The team that last year complained it was targeted by the NFL for illegal or unnecessary hits almost surely will complain again -- and this time about a proposed new policy that will have the NFL this year fine organizations guilty of multiple fouls deserving of fines
http://www.cbssports.com/#!/mcc/blogs/entry/6384866/29533276
F***k Goodell
The N.F.L. will begin fining teams if their players are repeatedly disciplined by the league for improper hits...
But one team will inevitably be linked to this new rule.
“We would have qualified,” Art Rooney II, the president of the Pittsburgh Steelers, said. Steelers linebacker James Harrison was fined repeatedly last season for hits that the N.F.L. deemed unacceptable. He was fined four times for a total of $100,000, including a $50,000 fine that was originally $75,000 before being reduced.
The Steelers — including Rooney — said repeatedly they felt Harrison was singled outfor enforcement. But Rooney said Tuesday that he thought players would have a better understanding in 2011 of how the hits were being officiated. Last season, the rules emphasis was made after games had already begun — after a mid-October Sunday in which multiple hits to the head were made around the league.
“We’ll have to wait and see how it works,” Rooney said. “I hope it’s used judiciously. I’m not sure it’s needed at this point, but I’m not going to jump up and down. I don’t think my view has changed much.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/sports/football/nfl-will-fine-teams-over-dangerous-hits.html?ref=sports
And there's more
Uh-oh, here comes another hit, Pittsburgh
Here we go, Steelers, here we go ... again.
The team that last year complained it was targeted by the NFL for illegal or unnecessary hits almost surely will complain again -- and this time about a proposed new policy that will have the NFL this year fine organizations guilty of multiple fouls deserving of fines
http://www.cbssports.com/#!/mcc/blogs/entry/6384866/29533276
F***k Goodell