New NFL Rules

I'm not sure if you all are aware of the powder puff rules the NFL has come up with the past few years, but I think they are rather ridiculous. What happened to men being men? Football is a down and dirty sport, and men know that when they sign up for it. Football used to be the sport that separated the men from the boys. Now it encompasses who has the prettiest hair flapping in the wind out of the back of their helmet, who has the coolest dance (not when they get a touchdown, but now it's cool to dance when they just do their job, for instance get a 1st down) and who can get in trouble for the most ridiculous things off the field. Don't get me wrong I LOVE football, which is why this makes me sad.

Look at this picture, they didn't have much for protective gear, yet they went out and hit people as hard as they could, why??? Because it's FOOTBALL!
Football players used to wear leather helmets.
Not helmets made from the strongest, lightest material known to man, with an inch of padding and a microphone in them.

I don't see how they can call a football player "defenseless" (as in the new defenseless player rule)... he's a football player, armored up in all kinds of pads!

Look at this guy, he doesn't have long braids or long golden locks hanging out of the back of his helmet. Why you ask? Probably because he knew they'd get ripped right out of his head, and back then they'd probably kick you off a team for trying to show off. Back then you did your showing off by how good you played, not dancing for getting a first down or getting a sack, that's your JOB!

In the NFL now-a-days, you probably would have had 4 flags thrown in the picture above ^

I wonder what Dick Butkus thinks about these new rules???

Some funny quotes found on a Chicago Bears blog:

"I'm sorry, but what are we playing here, tiddlywinks? Last time I checked this is football. The game taht we all grew up watching, the game we all love that has been reduced to 2-hand touch with cheerleaders (unless of course, you're the Bears)."

"I've been on dates with more contact than the NFL now allows! Next time I make a move on the Mrs., she might throw a 15-yarder on me for leading with the helmet!!!"

"Meanwhile, as if the "tuck-rule" wasn't enough for Tom Brady's legacy, we now get the real "Tom Brady Rule" to protect pretty boy quarterbacks."

"So you can't lead with your helmet, your shoulder, or your forearm? What's left? Leading with your johnson? That would be the Jeff Garcia Rule, no?"