SportsAndLady;524147 wrote:I'd agree with this if this was how they do it for normal rules...but this is altering a rule for the safety of the players, which is the most important thing.
If there were 5 OT games in week 6 that had a lot of controversy and all of a sudden they're like "we're gonna switch to college football OT rules" after PRo style OT rules for the first 5 weeks, that'd be ridiculous.
But this is different. This is the NFL saying "holy shit, someone in our league is going to fucking die" so we need to make the change RIGHT NOW, not wait til the end of the season like we do on normal rule changes.
Okay, I can understand that. However, if they did that, I'd prefer it if they did it in the "make an announcement that penalties for helmet-to-helmet hits will now be more harsh, potentially to the point of suspension" way...other than Goodell suddenly deciding to increase punishments for it right now without warning. If going into Sunday's games, the punishment was a fine...then guys like Harrison and the dude on Atlanta should be fined. Not suspended because yesterday showed that the threat of fines is in no way a detriment to guys making a shitload of money. Fining a guy like Harrison $15K would be like someone at the office telling me to put a nickel (or maybe a penny) into a swear jar the next time I let the "f bomb" go, so let it be known that these hits will come with SERIOUS punishment...but don't make things retroactive to the week before you made that decision.
Although a part of me is wondering if Harrison ensured he'd be on Goodell's "time to flaunt authority" list with his comments about how if he leaves someone lying, he feels he did his job. Dude...I love you as a player...but every fucking time you open your mouth, I cringe at what stupid thing you'll say.
