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Rules Changes Document
ElvisLives:
Just released by the CFO (attached).
dammitbobby:
Proposed Change – Rule 9-2-1-a
...
-In order to update the rule and stay in pace with the modern game, Rule 9-2-1 is being adjusted to
ensure that officials will use good judgement in penalizing actions that interfere with orderly game
administration, taunting actions that are directed at an opponent, and abusive, threatening, or
celebratory actions that are demeaning to the game or an opponent.
-The list of automatic unsportsmanlike conduct fouls will be minimized and will be consistently
penalized including:
...
...so what's the actual proposed rule verbiage? Surely not the statement above that say 'we're changing the rule' and the awful grammar in the last sentence???
ElvisLives:
--- Quote from: dammitbobby on April 10, 2026, 02:07:35 PM ---Proposed Change – Rule 9-2-1-a
...
-In order to update the rule and stay in pace with the modern game, Rule 9-2-1 is being adjusted to
ensure that officials will use good judgement in penalizing actions that interfere with orderly game
administration, taunting actions that are directed at an opponent, and abusive, threatening, or
celebratory actions that are demeaning to the game or an opponent.
-The list of automatic unsportsmanlike conduct fouls will be minimized and will be consistently
penalized including:
...
...so what's the actual proposed rule verbiage? Surely not the statement above that say 'we're changing the rule' and the awful grammar in the last sentence???
--- End quote ---
Oh, no. Not the final language. Unfortunately, we won’t see that before the final rule book is published - at least electronically. I wish Shaw would solicit review by some of us in the trenches, but that won’t happen. So, we get ambiguous, if not flawed, rules.
dammitbobby:
Well, the others proposed changes are a lot more specific than this one.
bossman72:
So can you spike the ball now after a TD?
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