Comments on: Source: Officials didn't ask for the umpire to be moved

By: dabbflappy

dabbflappy — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:19:00 +0000

I’m reading elsewhere that the NFL is modifying the placement of the officials for this week’s games.
Could you please report on that?

By: umrguy42

umrguy42 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:47:24 +0000

Meat Tuperello says: September 1, 2010 2:33 PM
Option A, dress the umpire in full gear including eye black.
Option B, suspend him in a harness and lower him down to spot the ball and zip him back up in the rafters…
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Meat, Jerry Jones woulda proposed Option B, but then they’d have to discuss rules on what to do if the ump is hit by a punt. (Besides, the ump would also get in the way of Jerry’s Jumbotron of Doom.)

By: Mike Daly

Mike Daly — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:37:21 +0000

Rhapsody – quarterbacks DON’T have a right to protest the rule. No-huddle attacks are NEVER supposed to be immune from defense, but this is exactly what Polian and company are fighting to get – they want the rules to where defenses are basically banned from stopping no-huddle offense.

By: Shipoopy

Shipoopy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:59:30 +0000

Dearest Florio,
You are never shy to remind everyone when you have predicted something that turns out to be reasonably accurate. But how do I know that you don’t follow this hypothetical sequence: you get a “scoop” from a “source”, and prior to reporting this “scoop” you predict said scoop, and then report the scoop as if was a legitimate actualization of you’re own brilliant forethought?

By: Bob Nelson

Bob Nelson — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:40:58 +0000

Operational considerations always supercede safety!! This is America and there is always a worker willing to take the risk.
You sound like you believe there are still union thugs keeping people from working in this country.
Well okay 3 unions are still around. American Medical Association, American Bar Association and government bureaucrats.

By: Meat Tuperello

Meat Tuperello — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:02:06 +0000

Periera still showing he’s on the Patriots payroll by bashing the Colts.

By: Hauschild

Hauschild — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:53:57 +0000

PocketStraights:
What’s so unbelievable about what the league is doing here??? For God’s sakes, look who’s supposedly running this country?!?!
This further proves my theory that there are way, way, WAY too many people in charge of decision-making at various levels in this country that have no business being in the position their in – which begs the question of how they got their in the first place???
We’re all now just beginning to assess the damage on all grounds of battle. It ain’t pretty, but the triage and ensuing clean-up must commence at once.

By: Anarcho Purplism

Anarcho Purplism — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:36 +0000

Socialists of the world please realize: the idea in the meeting does not always work out in reality.

By: wrekOgnize

wrekOgnize — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:47:03 +0000

DikShuttle says:
September 1, 2010 3:19 PM
Don’t worry – they can’t ruin football, just the NFL.
There are other leagues ready to step up if they bollox this one up.
Keep ‘em in the wings.
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Did you know that consuming five drinks is considered “binge drinking?”
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By: DikShuttle

DikShuttle — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:19:06 +0000

Don’t worry – they can’t ruin football, just the NFL.
There are other leagues ready to step up if they bollox this one up.
Keep ‘em in the wings.

By: Pockets Straight

Pockets Straight — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:11 +0000

“If it’s too dangerous for the umpire to be in the box during the first 28 minutes of each half, the new rule shouldn’t evaporate for the last two.”
Or a better way to phrase that….
If the umpire is in a better position to productively administer the game (You know, enhance the flow of the game, call appropriate penalties etc) by being in the box for the final two minutes, that production should not be hurt during the first 28 minutes.
It blows my mind that the league is essentially admitting to putting an umpire in a less productive position for safety considerations. If it’s a safety issue, make the position more safe….. not less effective.

By: TheDPR

TheDPR — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:56:28 +0000

I like Option B. You can strap a camera to his helmet, too, and fly him all over the field.

By: darth_vincent

darth_vincent — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:47:50 +0000

it could be the Abilene Paradox in action... "a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of any of the individuals in the group" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_paradox

By: cheatriots

cheatriots — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:37:19 +0000

Keep the rule! Nobody cares what Florio wants! I am in favor of anything that screws the Colts or the Saints.

By: Mike Daly

Mike Daly — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:37:01 +0000

FloriosHairHat – what rule benders?
The Colts should adapt their game to the rest of the league, not force-feed changes that make their no-huddle attack immune to defense.

By: Meat Tuperello

Meat Tuperello — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:33:35 +0000

Option A, dress the umpire in full gear including eye black.
Option B, suspend him in a harness and lower him down to spot the ball and zip him back up in the rafters…
Okay so option B sucks more than the current situation. They still need to fix it.

By: Rhapsody

Rhapsody — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:33:01 +0000

This isn’t the first time that Pereira demonstrates faulty reasoning. Just because Bill Polian was present at a Competition Committee meeting that voted for this rule change DOES NOT mean that elite QBs don’t have a right to complain about it. The rule was implemented BEFORE it was bug-tested. The whole idea of having Pereira give his two cents in a FOXSports.com column as if his judgment matters is foolish. He doesn’t play the game, and doesn’t even officiate games. Now he is just a retired set of eyes who sees no more than the rest of us see: a faulty rule.

By: Belichick Is God

Belichick Is God — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:30:06 +0000

It was never fine to have plays where the umpire is used to set a pick to rub off a defender. If the rule is turned back, then that tactic has to be made illegal and the umpire also needs to wear a helmet and some padding.
I’m fine with the current rule, though, with the umpire in the offensive backfield. The offense needs to only wait about 1 second more than it did before, so the whines of Manning and Polian are stupid.

By: Hauschild

Hauschild — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:29:07 +0000

The league is beginning to walk that fine line of tinkering to the point of ruin. First, it’s the overtime rule which is going to make football less exciting. Then, it’s foolish talk about forcing the NFL global, before it is ready. Now, they’re employing foolish changes for umpires that any person with a modicum of intelligence and analytical ability could see was counter-productive to another aspect that makes the NFL exciting.
And, I’m much less worried about this negatively affecting the Aints’ quick-strike offense as much as I am the fact that holding calls could possibly double.
But, if they change the rules AFTER the first game has been played, this will be a tell tale sign that the league has the wrong minds in charge because not only are the changes detrimental, but now they’re open to changing the rules AFTER the game has begun – something liberals and progressives are notorious for, I might add.

By: wrekOgnize

wrekOgnize — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:22:16 +0000

Did you know that consuming five drinks is considered “binge drinking?”
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By: petro

petro — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:20:02 +0000

I really hope this hurts the Colts in week 1.

By: LunarPie

LunarPie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:19:06 +0000

Obama wanted the CHANGE.

By: LunarPie

LunarPie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:18:22 +0000

If the shoe fits…

By: FloriosHairHat

FloriosHairHat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:18:05 +0000

Tom “Please don’t hit me” Brady & the Patriots don’t mind either way. If they move him back they can go back to slanting Welker right at him to use him as a shield against defenders, and if they don’t he’ll just be that much more handy for lil’ Tommy to turn and summon roughing the passer flags at will… It’s a win-win for the rule-benders in Foxboro. LOL.

By: TampaBayBucs7-9

TampaBayBucs7-9 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:17:16 +0000

I bet it was the Patriots Lawyers.

By: dyhoerium

dyhoerium — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:12:55 +0000

If we don’t say bye bye to this rule, we’ll be saying bye bye to exciting come from behind victories that make the NFL so much fun to watch.

By: Mrsteve

Mrsteve — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:04:10 +0000

They were fine where they were. Not needing to move with the kind of money the Saints were paying them under the table.

By: superb owl

superb owl — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:02:56 +0000

NaPolian must have been trying to get his hand out of his shirt and voted incorrectly.