This Time, Defensive Proposal Seems Likely to Pass
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Expect the proposal to link one defensive player to a coach on the sidelines via wireless device to be approved at the league meeting next week in Palm Beach, Fla.
The proposal has the backing of Commissioner Roger Goodell and the competition committee. It needs ratification by at least 24 of the 32 franchise owners. It narrowly missed being apprroved in each of the last two years, falling two votes shy of ratification last spring.
Under the plan, one defensive player per team would be connected to a coach on the sideline during games via a wireless communication device. It would put the defense on even footing with the offense, since the quarterback's helmet has such a device, and it would eliminate the need for the hand signals for defensive plays that produced the videotaping scandal involving the New England Patriots.
The competition committee tweaked the proposal this year to allow a second defensive player to have the device in his helmet, for use only when the originally designated player is out of the game.
By Cindy Boren |
March 27, 2008; 1:01 PM ET
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Posted by: Bartolo | March 27, 2008 1:37 PM
I don't think it is insulting at all for plays to be radioed in for football. It simply reflects the nature of the game - there is a discrete play call for every single play in the game, and play design is a more critical element in football than it is for most other sports.
Posted by: Bill | March 30, 2008 10:29 PM
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Isn't it insulting to grown men to have to have their plays radioed in, as well as all the time-outs in this sport and basketball?
See, for example, soccer and hockey.