Epic Carnival: Five NFL Fouls I'd Like to See

Monday, August 20, 2007

Five NFL Fouls I'd Like to See

by Sanchez, Shot To Nothing

I've always loved football terminology ever since I first heard the
term 'Unnecessary Roughness' (which, of course, implies that there is necessary roughness). With that in mind I've come up with five other rules I'd like to see in the NFL.

Wanton Lunacy - A flag would be thrown for this foul whenever a quarterback (see Rex Grossman, Brady Quinn) decides to loft one into the open area down field with seemingly no concern for whom might catch it. This foul can be declined by the defense if they make an interception, but if not the QB in question must play his next down with one solitary O-lineman, in order to teach him a lesson.

Exceptional Violence - For when a player completely loses his cool and goes on the rampage. Drawing this foul not only chucks the player out of the game but gurantees him a season long suspension. Only to be used when several injuries have been intentionally caused outside of actual play.

Intentional Brilliance - Not so much a foul as an award of one extra point for a particularly good touch down celebration. Gone would be the days of the no fun league and in its place would be a bright new aspect to the game. Instead of a flag, atleast three officials would have to bow down
in a 'we're not worthy' style to show that the point has been awarded.

Unnacceptable Coaching - When a teams play calling gets so bad that the fans are literally ripping out their hair, a flag will be thrown for Unnacceptable Coaching. The Coach or co-ordinator in question will chucked from the game and forced to clean the umpires toilets for the rest of the week.

Hetero Infraction - This one is pretty straightforward. Any player handing out one too many butt-pats or cheek kisses then the umpires are all over it. A flag will be thrown and Tom Brady the player, will be tossed from the game.

2 comment(s):

Davey said...

Intentional Brilliance would certainly have been given to Chad Johnson's golf put with the pylon followed by the Tiger Woods style fistpump.

extrapolater said...

For a long time, I wasn't sure if I had heard this one or made it up in an alcohol-induced haze, but I saw my old college friends recently, and they confirmed it.

When we were watching a Chiefs game in the early 90's, a referee called a personal foul after a fumble and pile-on, but after stating the player and infraction, he continued, saying "He was giving him the business in the pile up" complete with a hand gesture that aped punching a guy in the face while holding his head down.

Hilarious. I'm so glad it really happened.




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