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<blockquote data-quote="Mondio" data-source="post: 783430" data-attributes="member: 10441"><p>The only thing I can figure is his eyes weren't "up" when he tackled him. neck flexed with compression is the most dangerous position a person can be in. It's what paralyzes and potentially could kill someone. That said, they've allowed that to be a legal tackle forever in this league. It's not going to change overnight and I think it needs to start lower down, which is what it should have been doing all along, and save the obvious stuff for now. IMO they don't need anymore rules. call the obvious head hunting plays that have been "spearing" since I ever stepped foot on a football field. That's all they need to call. You can't call every tackle a defender isn't looking thru his man while he tackles, this game will go nowhere and take 6 hours to complete. There will be more penalty yards than actual offensive production. and if you're only going to call some of them what's the point? isn't this about player safety? only going to keep some of them safe?</p><p></p><p>If they want to attack this "eyes up" thing, fine players after the fact, which I guess they can't without a new CBA. But this 15 yard personal foul for what looks like a pretty decent football play is garbage. He didn't plant the crown of his helmet in the guys chest or earhole and launch at him. He did everything he could to get his head to the side and hit him with his shoulder. I've seen more than a handful of terrible calls with this so far this preseason and I've hardly watched any football yet. I'm afraid of what this is going to mean in the regular season. I'm worried about what they're doing to the game. I'm worried that this rule is rather arbitrary and will be devastating not only to the flow and excitement of the game, but also to the integrity. The officials can have a huge impact with this call, and toss in gambling on top of it, once most people no longer feel the game is "honest" they'll go away. You'll have hard core gamblers interested maybe and Price's dad and that's about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mondio, post: 783430, member: 10441"] The only thing I can figure is his eyes weren't "up" when he tackled him. neck flexed with compression is the most dangerous position a person can be in. It's what paralyzes and potentially could kill someone. That said, they've allowed that to be a legal tackle forever in this league. It's not going to change overnight and I think it needs to start lower down, which is what it should have been doing all along, and save the obvious stuff for now. IMO they don't need anymore rules. call the obvious head hunting plays that have been "spearing" since I ever stepped foot on a football field. That's all they need to call. You can't call every tackle a defender isn't looking thru his man while he tackles, this game will go nowhere and take 6 hours to complete. There will be more penalty yards than actual offensive production. and if you're only going to call some of them what's the point? isn't this about player safety? only going to keep some of them safe? If they want to attack this "eyes up" thing, fine players after the fact, which I guess they can't without a new CBA. But this 15 yard personal foul for what looks like a pretty decent football play is garbage. He didn't plant the crown of his helmet in the guys chest or earhole and launch at him. He did everything he could to get his head to the side and hit him with his shoulder. I've seen more than a handful of terrible calls with this so far this preseason and I've hardly watched any football yet. I'm afraid of what this is going to mean in the regular season. I'm worried about what they're doing to the game. I'm worried that this rule is rather arbitrary and will be devastating not only to the flow and excitement of the game, but also to the integrity. The officials can have a huge impact with this call, and toss in gambling on top of it, once most people no longer feel the game is "honest" they'll go away. You'll have hard core gamblers interested maybe and Price's dad and that's about it. [/QUOTE]
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