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See this really bothers me. Doesn't this seem like a bit of knee jerk reaction to a bad weekend? it does to me. Decisions, of any kind, should never be made in the heat of the moment if that can be avoided. Wait until the offseason to make major rule changes like this so that cooler heads, reasoning, and research can prevail over rhetoric and unsubstantiated fear.
Not too long ago there were some serious talks in the Boxing world about requiring head gear for boxers or outlawing punches to the head altogether because a couple boxer's died in freak incidents. Luckliy, cooler heads prevailed and no hasty, stupid decisions were made.
Now for a more subjective take...
One major change i can see this rule making, in addition to the aforementioned "wussification of the game" (and america in my opinion) is that this will really help out offenses around the league and encourage more passing. This is of course what the NFL has been trying to do for years and is/has been encouraging non stop.
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