(08-04-2018, 08:23 PM)Eric1 Wrote: So, from the wording of this new rule, Fournette won't be able to leap over the pile like he did multiple times for a TD last season. Soon as he leaves his feet they mark him down? This simply cannot happen and will cause a lot of outrage if that's the case. There has to be some sort of common sense behind the ruling over when this is called.

This new ruling is absolutely going to cost teams first downs as well. Not a good change at all.

In the next collective bargaining agreement the players are going to need to force the league to make half of the competition committee players and give the union equal rights in deciding rules changes with the ownership committee. I'm not sure why it wasn't already done with the way a room full of old guys that never played the game make decisions that determine player livelihoods, but if the players are smart they'll be looking for much more actual power in the next round of negotiations rather than just more money as they've usually done.

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