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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco
Being a hockey fan, this question has occurred to me as well. I'd play around with removing the offending player for the duration of the current drive. One problem could be that you might create a culture of a couple of enforcers who are activated primarily to do damage.
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That's the part that's hard to predict. You'd have to bring in your fourth-stringer specifically to commit a personal foul, which doesn't seem like a good idea.
Ha. Now that I think about it, here's something that would be funny. Let's borrow a little more from hockey. If there's a personal foul or unsportsmanlike, you get the yardage and you get one play shorthanded as the offender comes off the field and can't be replaced.
My only worry about these rules would be the fact that no one can touch the quarterback now, and if you stiffen the penalties Tom Brady wouldn't even bother wearing pads. He draws penalties by being touched.