Add To Watchlist

NFL-RULES

The Vine
Owners table reseeding playoffs proposal; pass other rules
Source: ESPN.com

NFL owners concluded their annual meeting with quick passages of several proposals and by tabling the idea to reseed teams for the playoffs.

NFL rejects 'Hester rule'
Source: Chicago Tribune

In recent weeks, the league considered legislating against punting out of bounds—which teams did frequently when opposing Hester last season.

NFL: Let's not split hairs: This is silly
Source: The Buffalo News

When the NFL owners get together for their annual spring meetings at a swanky resort in West Palm Beach, Fla., next week, they'll examine ways to make the league better. But of all the important items on the agenda, why is hair among them?

In the NFL, it's hair today, gone tomorrow
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

To me, this seems like a case of misplaced priorities. As long as the NFL can engage its players' union in getting whipped up over issues like hair length, it might not have to address the really important stuff like concussions, pensions and the lack of care for retired players.

NFL owners brace for busy meetings
Source: Tribune-Review News

With the specter of "Spygate" still looming over the NFL -- not to mention Sen. Arlen Specter, who still is questioning the New England Patriots' illegal videotaping activities -- integrity of the game will be the unofficial mantra of the upcoming owners' meetings.

NFL considers shaking up seeding system for playoffs
Source: The St Louis Post Dispatch

Wild-card teams could be seeded as high as No. 3 in their conference and thus have a home playoff opener if an NFL competition committee proposal is approved by league owners next week in West Palm Beach, Fla.

NFL owners will consider the length of hair flowing from helmets
Source: Yahoo! Sports

At their meetings in Palm Beach, Fla., next week, NFL owners will consider a proposal to ban players from having hair flow from their helmets below their names on the back of their jerseys.

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine