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Old 03-21-2012, 03:19 PM   #1
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According to PFT, they're considering:

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Adding an injured reserve exemption so that if a player was on the roster through the first regular season weekend, that player can be placed on injured reserve and designated for return, and then can return to practice six weeks later and play in a game eight weeks later, rather than having all players on injured reserve out for the season.
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Old 03-21-2012, 03:21 PM   #2
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I love it, they should have done this years ago.
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Love it. Still a stiff enough length of time that teams won't abuse it for roster shuffling purposes, but prevents players from losing an entire season if they get hurt early on.
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Me too, I never liked the current rule.
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I love it, they should have done this years ago.
Apparently there's someone with a brain lurking around the NFL offices.
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I like the trade deadline move back by two weeks.
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I have been arguing for this for a long time. The 8 week requirement and first game requirement fullly covers the "Stacking problem" for good teams, trying to hide players rather than expose them to other teams and aiding them in their careers.

There should be another proviso too. If an IRed player is healthy, and able to return, but has not completed the 8 weeks term, he can return but only for the "Second Season", the Playoffs.

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I like the concussion exemption and changing the OT (more football is always better).

The too many men on the field is a good start i still think they need to make it a time revert in the last 2 minutes of the half and game
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Goodell was distracted by the Saints punishment.
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Very sensible. This is how baseball does it. Taking effective practices from other major leagues means getting beyond Not Invented Here. Good for them.
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