#753306 - 02/10/13 04:05 PM
Re: Well,, this tells you what kinda guy Flacco is
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Granted it's a more severe penalty, but felony assault? These aren't the Saints and there's no intent to injure. Using the idiosyncrasies of the rulebook to win games is part of the NFL, and the ones that did it best are considered innovative geniuses. I'm in no way considering Flacco in that light, but I would not have held that act against him.
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#753309 - 02/10/13 07:51 PM
Re: Well,, this tells you what kinda guy Flacco is
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Would it be unreasonable to think that Flacco should know that the infraction he was considering would result in the opposing team being awarded a touchdown? Because I know that ... I would think a participant in the actual game would know it too. In that situation, that's not a strategy, its suicide.
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#753310 - 02/10/13 07:53 PM
Re: Well,, this tells you what kinda guy Flacco is
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It's pretty obvious he didn't know, and you're right...he should have. That would have been pretty funny if he actually did it.
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#753311 - 02/10/13 07:58 PM
Re: Well,, this tells you what kinda guy Flacco is
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People 50 years from now would be reading about "Flacco's Boner" ... LMAO.
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#753312 - 02/11/13 08:30 AM
Re: Well,, this tells you what kinda guy Flacco is
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I feel like you're asking me to explain the difference between misdemeanor and felony.
In a way, he is. What is the penalty for either? Is one a lot worse than the other? Then the crime must be a lot worse... What is the penalty for dragging down a WR when you know you are beat? What is the penalty for running on the field and tackling a guy?
People want to argue that its ok to knowingly break the rules sometimes but not other times. As long as breaking the rules, even if you get caught, is to your benefit, people are always going to be willing to do it... that's why you try to set up rules so that it's not to your benefit.
For example, that's why they made the intentional foul rule in basketball, 2 shots and you get the ball back.. because they didn't want defenders hammering guys on a break away just to stop one easy basket and give the guy 2 shots... and it happens a lot less than it used to...
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#753314 - 02/12/13 02:41 PM
Re: Well,, this tells you what kinda guy Flacco is
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This is awesome. I would have died laughing if Ginn were going to break it along the bench and Flacco just decked him. Would have probably been the greatest moment in super bowl history.
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#753316 - 02/13/13 01:40 PM
Re: Well,, this tells you what kinda guy Flacco is
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Actually the rule doesn't say "they will" award a score. It says they "may". It actually leaves the penalty very much in the hands of the officiating crew. Quote:
"Palpably Unfair Act. A player or substitute shall not interfere with play by any act which is palpably unfair. Penalty: For a palpably unfair act: Offender may be disqualified. The Referee, after consulting his crew, enforces any such distance penalty as they consider equitable and irrespective of any other specified code penalty. The Referee may award a score."
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