Comments on: So, um, how ’bout those new NFL rules? http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/ Exploring the soft underbelly of sports Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ramon http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39804 ramon Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:05:09 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39804 The NHL didn't institute a hair rule banning Jaromir Jagr's mullet. Should have. The interesting thing on the forceout rule change, from what I read, is that a forceout will only be called if the receiver is being "carried" out of bounds. What does that mean? The NHL didn’t institute a hair rule banning Jaromir Jagr’s mullet. Should have.

The interesting thing on the forceout rule change, from what I read, is that a forceout will only be called if the receiver is being “carried” out of bounds. What does that mean?

]]> By: roughkat http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39802 roughkat Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:39:13 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39802 It's not a good sign when even your lawyer is siding against you, as Chris Henry will (probably) tell you. It’s not a good sign when even your lawyer is siding against you, as Chris Henry will (probably) tell you.

]]> By: Stu http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39800 Stu Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:27:35 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39800 I refuse to believe that. I refuse to believe that.

]]> By: super rookie http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39799 super rookie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:00:40 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39799 <i>roughkat says: April 3rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm This is a serious question and not one of my many rhetorical ones. </i> Whoa. I think he is serious about this. roughkat says:

April 3rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm

This is a serious question and not one of my many rhetorical ones.

Whoa. I think he is serious about this.

]]> By: roughkat http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39795 roughkat Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:37:23 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39795 Jon - Thanks for the link. It saved me from having to google it. That said, it made me realize that hockey and baseball have a means of getting back at players for breaking the unspoken rules. Football though will get you a penalty and probably a fine and/or suspension for retaliating in any way. People are already trying to hit as hard as possible (foregoing trying to actually tackle in some cases) so what else can you do? This is a serious question and not one of my many rhetorical ones. Jon - Thanks for the link. It saved me from having to google it. That said, it made me realize that hockey and baseball have a means of getting back at players for breaking the unspoken rules. Football though will get you a penalty and probably a fine and/or suspension for retaliating in any way. People are already trying to hit as hard as possible (foregoing trying to actually tackle in some cases) so what else can you do? This is a serious question and not one of my many rhetorical ones.

]]> By: Nathan http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39794 Nathan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:36:36 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39794 Jon, +1. Kunitz is a bltch. Jon, +1.

Kunitz is a bltch.

]]> By: Jon http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39793 Jon Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:59:29 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39793 roughkat - Ask Chris Kunitz what happens when you pull hair. (It occurs to me that not everybody will know what I'm talking about - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxwFqau4mQ" rel="nofollow">so here.</a>) roughkat - Ask Chris Kunitz what happens when you pull hair.

(It occurs to me that not everybody will know what I’m talking about - so here.)

]]> By: Stu http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39792 Stu Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:46:30 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39792 <i>Sixth! That’s what she said.</i> I hate myself for laughing at that. Sixth!

That’s what she said.

I hate myself for laughing at that.

]]> By: roughkat http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39789 roughkat Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:43:26 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39789 <i>Sixth!</i> That's what she said. The hair rule got shot down? Why don't people start pulling hair more often then? Is it one of those unspoken rules? Sixth!

That’s what she said.

The hair rule got shot down? Why don’t people start pulling hair more often then? Is it one of those unspoken rules?

]]> By: jama http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39788 jama Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:37:23 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/04/03/so-um-how-bout-those-new-nfl-rules/#comment-39788 Clipping? I think that the hair cut rule got shot down. Clipping? I think that the hair cut rule got shot down.

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