Chop, you dead right about older penalty. There are literally dozens of things lined up yo kill football as we know it. A violent game is ...violent.
We’ve reached a point where we need at least a couple of professional officials on every game. Fifty years ago football was a college sport, more or less, and revenues did not support pro refs. It is now a billion dollar business and it can afford better, more consistent crews. The all out assault on safety is a right thing, but the high-minded idea that injuries can be stopped by rules is just wrong. Chop blocks, clipping, blind sides, QB hits all cut back on injuries. But there needs to be logical latitude given to the 2 professional refs to intercede when a strict, inviolable penalty is a clear injustice.
Accidents do happen. Like the OSU/Clemson targeting. A logical person could see there was no intent to injure. Two players, going full speed both ducked and helmets hit. Accident. The OU prick, who launched head first at a blindsided OSU player (away from the play) had totally clear intent to do serious harm. He, or any similar player, should be DQ’d for a number of games that a level headed professional ref can justify.
The other rules (or lack of) cancer is these play halting fall down injuries. It looks like a damn soccer game. LSU killed us with a number of those. The player is dragged of like James Brown and two plays later comes running back like a deer. I understand that a ref cant tell if a player is truly hurt. So they have to be allowed to be removed. But we need something to stop 1 or 2 players falling down over and over. Must stay out 3 plays. Or second fall down, you’re out for a quarter. Three or more fall downs on one drive is a walk off or time out charge. A permanent pro referee can be trusted to tell the difference in injury and drama buying time.
Just
We’ve reached a point where we need at least a couple of professional officials on every game. Fifty years ago football was a college sport, more or less, and revenues did not support pro refs. It is now a billion dollar business and it can afford better, more consistent crews. The all out assault on safety is a right thing, but the high-minded idea that injuries can be stopped by rules is just wrong. Chop blocks, clipping, blind sides, QB hits all cut back on injuries. But there needs to be logical latitude given to the 2 professional refs to intercede when a strict, inviolable penalty is a clear injustice.
Accidents do happen. Like the OSU/Clemson targeting. A logical person could see there was no intent to injure. Two players, going full speed both ducked and helmets hit. Accident. The OU prick, who launched head first at a blindsided OSU player (away from the play) had totally clear intent to do serious harm. He, or any similar player, should be DQ’d for a number of games that a level headed professional ref can justify.
The other rules (or lack of) cancer is these play halting fall down injuries. It looks like a damn soccer game. LSU killed us with a number of those. The player is dragged of like James Brown and two plays later comes running back like a deer. I understand that a ref cant tell if a player is truly hurt. So they have to be allowed to be removed. But we need something to stop 1 or 2 players falling down over and over. Must stay out 3 plays. Or second fall down, you’re out for a quarter. Three or more fall downs on one drive is a walk off or time out charge. A permanent pro referee can be trusted to tell the difference in injury and drama buying time.
Just
