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thabear04 · 03-26-2014, 09:30 AM

NFL to crack down on taunting, experiment with extra point
The NFL plans to crack down on taunting and on-field misconduct moving forward.

Speaking at the NFL Annual Meeting Wednesday, Jeff Fisher said the Competition Committee had a lengthy discussion about conduct in the workplace.

"We agreed that we have an issue on the field and we agreed that we are going get it under control as soon as we can possibly can," Fisher said. "Our taunting numbers increased from nine and 12 to 34 last year, and we're going to effect change immediately and that change will be effected as early as the OTAs when the players come back.

"We've got to change our conduct on the field. We've got to bring the element of respect to its highest level back to our game."

Taunting penalties have always been on the rule book, but curtailing will become an emphasis in September.

"We're going to clean the game up on the field between the players," Fisher said. "The in-your-face taunting. The language. It's all in the book. It's all under unsportsmanlike conduct. There's no change in our rule. We're going to enforce the current rule."

Fisher went so far as to say that the NCAA asked the NFL to help cut down on taunting as it filters down to all levels of the game. The St. Louis Rams coach said that college players emulate the actions they see from NFL players on Sundays.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell opened the NFL Annual Meeting this week with an emphasis on respect, both in the locker room and on the field. The Competition Committee had a lengthy discussion on how to promote sportsmanship throughout the NFL workplace; it was such a point of emphasis today that the committee passed out photocopies of the sportsmanship part of the rule book to all media.

Enforcing the taunting rules will add more to the referee's plate, but the importance of cleaning up the on-field misconduct seems to outweigh that concern.

Taunting penalties nearly tripled last season, according to NFL Media's Judy Battista. The effect of the enforcement will be a visible change come September. There undoubtedly will be a controversial taunting penalty that could cost a team a win and will bring heat about the subjective enforcement of the taunting rule.

In the NFL's view, that risk is worth cleaning up the problem.

ARROW2 · 03-26-2014, 11:45 AM

The NFL plantation.......gotta keep em in line.......

WhiteWhale · 03-26-2014, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

they are called

The non stop whining on this forum about crossing routes and rub routes embarrasses me as a chiefs fan.

You never hear them complain when Andy runs them.

They should be complaining about our team's inability to even slow down such a staple of modern NFL passing, not crying about how unfair it is.

ARROW2 · 03-26-2014, 11:46 AM

You are gonna penalize for words now? I can see it now......"Teacher, he called me a name......throw the flag.."

htismaqe · 03-26-2014, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

The non stop whining on this forum about crossing routes and rub routes embarrasses me as a chiefs fan.

You never hear them complain when Andy runs them.

They should be complaining about our team's inability to even slow down such a staple of modern NFL passing, not crying about how unfair it is.

A simpel change to more press zone coverage would help but our DC is too stubborn to do that.

Pepe Silvia · 03-26-2014, 12:02 PM

Cuban slams NFL. NFL changes more rules. Hilarious.

**Bowser** · 03-26-2014, 12:06 PM

Trash talking is part of the entertainment that is the NFL. It's kind of how Nascar fans watch the races just to see the wrecks. The NFL certainly doesn't need full on brawls going on, but come on. Let these guys get after each other. It's not like thye haven't been taught to physically dominate and inflict pain on their opponents on the field since they were little kids.

BlackHelicopters · 03-26-2014, 12:17 PM

Let them jaw at each other. It's entertainment

htismaqe · 03-26-2014, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

Let them jaw at each other. It's entertainment

What he calls the other guy a bundle of sticks?

vailpass · 03-26-2014, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GoChargers

....on teams that aren't the Donkeys or Cheatriots.

Suck up buttercup....

Molitoth · 03-26-2014, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

The non stop whining on this forum about crossing routes and rub routes embarrasses me as a chiefs fan.

You never hear them complain when Andy runs them.

They should be complaining about our team's inability to even slow down such a staple of modern NFL passing, not crying about how unfair it is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by htismaqe

A simpel change to more press zone coverage would help but our DC is too stubborn to do that.

The few of you who get it are awesome though!

**Bowser** · 03-26-2014, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

What he calls the other guy a pillowbitergot?

Players on that team will haz a sad?

**gblowfish** · 03-26-2014, 12:40 PM

ARROW2 · 03-26-2014, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Suck up buttercup....

43-8.....SUCK DAT!!!!! and I hope you draft Michael Sam....

vailpass · 03-26-2014, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ARROW2

43-8.....SUCK DAT!!!!! and I hope you draft Michael Sam....

One team in the league can effectively run that smack. The rest were sitting at home and we don't even hear you. Having to let another team do your work for you then trying to coat tail them is pathetisad...

**The Franchise** · 03-26-2014, 01:42 PM

Can't wait to see the first game that gets ****ed because they call a taunting penalty on a player.

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