On Wednesday, March 19th, the NFL Rules Committee made many significant rules changes. Most were widely lauded as improving the game. The elimination of the tuck rule, allowing the authorities to examine a play each time a coachas concern is overruled and penalizing peel-back blocks near the line of scrimmage were all considered beneficial innovations. But one elicited a completely different set of reactions. No further will a player who's downfield three meters or more be allowed to provide a with the top or acrowna of the helmet. Depending on who is speaking, it was often long delayed or the sky is falling. People who argue for its use called upon one of many oldest coaching maxims. John Harbaugh, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, put it this way: "Anybody that's played the overall game knows that when you are planning on a greater attack you handle with your eyes up, you see what you hit.a In other words, keep your face up when making contact. That assistance has been dismissed by numerous working backs on the ages. One of the most famous cases could be the tattoo Earl Campbell placed on the sternum of Isaiah Robertson in 1978. Now, this kind of hit is going to be rewarded with a 15-yard penalty from the spot of the foul. And the Twitterverse erupted with concern this once great game just had the testosterone legislated right from the jawhorse. #NFL #NewHelmetRule Just a matter of time before @nflcommishAcompletes the move to flag football. #RollsEyes #Dictatorship NFL may as well matter clothes for participants since they using most of the good stuff away. #Rbrule a Tyler Norman (@Midge540) March 20, 2013 NFL participants, starting off with Matt Forte of the Chicago Bears, had to weigh in on how foolhardy it is to alter the character of professional basketball. a Matt Forte (@MattForte22) March 20, 2013 The intention of this rule is always to eliminate another means where players can scramble their brains. With 4,127 player-plaintiffs in the 214 concussion-related lawsuits, the NFL has every reason to seem proactive in working with this growing crisis. This lawsuit had nothing regarding the passing of this concept even if Atlanta Falcons leader Rich McKay demands. Articles by Lee H. Igel on Forbes.com wrote out the long-term danger to the pipeline of talent that feeds Americaas most popular game. aWhatas worse is that when these sports donat get the mind and brain out of the game, they'll eventually join boxing as an activity enjoyed only by the poor.a Maybe it's argued what killed boxing wasn't the danger of dementia pugilistica but the sustained development of the post-WWII economy. But with Paulie Malignaggi as the only non-Hispanic American of European heritage to currently hold a boxing title, Mr. Igel may have a spot. Don Banks of SI.com tried to calm the masses together with his simply take, entitled aOutrage over new helmet rule much ado about nothinga: aAs with most of the league's player security campaigns, there is a preliminary wave of fury and fearful forecasts that the game has finally been rendered a shell of its once glorious home. The flag soccer recommendations usually begin to travel. But in time, perspective often returns and the overall game continues on, with modification, but not ruination.a The reality is basketball has always developed. Normally the flying wedge would still be legal, the entire playbook might be prepared on two sheets of wide-ruled paper, and the participants would be wearing leather boots working through the dirt on rain-soaked areas. I've to admit I miss the mud.
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