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NFL rule changes: Anti-celebration penalties could relax; 'leaping' field goal blocks under fire
The NFLPA is worried it's an injury risk.
Maybe it is too dangerous...I don't know...
...but I freakin' love it anyway.
The NFLPA is worried it's an injury risk.
It's certainly spectacular, featuring an elite athletic leaping clear over a pile of bodies. However, it does come with significant risk of injury. That was the point made by NFL Players Association president Eric Winston Wednesday when he said that the players union will be lobbying the NFL to eliminate the play from the game.
From The Washington Post:
"That was something we expressed. . . . [It's] just becoming a really, really dangerous play and now especially because everyone's on the lookout for it, right?" Winston said. "So someone's ankles are going to get clipped. They're going to go ass over teakettle, and either someone's going to get landed on or he's going to fall on his head. And they're really bad injuries, too. It's not like, 'Oh, he could sprain his ankle.' Those are neck injuries. Those are bad knee injuries. We expressed that to them, and I hope they follow through on that."
Maybe it is too dangerous...I don't know...
...but I freakin' love it anyway.