TB - I think our posts crossed, mine was not in response to yours, just continuing the theme that we should be able to tie this back to NE in some way - much like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, but for football...
Noel - as players have gotten bigger, stronger, faster, salary caps have been put in, threats of lawsuits over injuries, wanting to protect key players (you can't hit a QB or player catching the ball above the shoulders, but you can a running back or receiver after the ball is caught), parity in the league, an extra 15 seconds on the clock between plays, 27 replays for every play from 16 different angles...yeah, football is bad but now it can be seen and dissected much more, leading to much more critique of every decision....so much so that every channel now airing games has hired a former official to give "rules interpretations" after just about every call.
yawn...
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