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The NFL meetings, in the offseason, are usually mind numbingly boring.  They discuss the nuts-and-bolts of the NFL to excruciating detail.  Not this year.  The following rule changes will be discussed:

1. Banning long hair. 
2. Playoff seeding based on record not on division champs.
3. College option coin toss
4. Eliminating the 5 yard “incidental facemask.”  All facemasks would draw a 15 yard penalty.
5. Ending force outs on receptions and interceptions.  Players must get both feet in bounds regardless. 
6. Instant replay on field goals. 

On the dollars and cents side, the labor talks which the Sportaphile has touched on. 

Stank-0 disagrees with #1, 4, and 5.  Number one feels too David Stern-ish for Stank-0’s liking.  A complete image makeover for the NFL.  Four is just wrong.  If the ball carrier gets low, sometimes the defender’s hands get too high.  Two varieties are needed.  Number five seems to be a reaction to the coddling that pass catchers are receiving.  This is not the way to go about correcting the rules that are skewed in the offensive players’ favor.   

All this pales in comparison to the financial problems that seem to be taking place.  Rog, you and your people need to get this taken care of.  Don’t kill the goose that lays golden eggs.  Instead of tripping about touchdown celebrations, ya’ll should have been tripping about the labor situation. 

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