ARLINGTON, Texas | There will be do-overs in Dallas.
NFL abettor Roger Goodell on Friday antiseptic rules on punts that backlash off the high-definition monitors blind over a lot of of the acreage at the new Cowboys Stadium.
The new rules administer to all stadiums even admitting it’s alone an affair at this one.
Downs will be replayed “if a brawl in play strikes a video board, adviser wire, sky cam, or any added object.” The bold alarm will be displace to the time if the play was snapped. Any penalties during the wiped-out play won’t count, except for claimed fouls.
Also, if admiral on the acreage don’t see the brawl hitting the board, the epitomize abettor can now admit a berth analysis at any time. If the epitomize abettor doesn’t ask for a review, coaches can claiming beneath accustomed claiming rules.
Perhaps the key allotment of Goodell’s advertisement is that the guidelines awning alone this season, an adumbration the alliance may force Cowboys buyer Jerry Jones to accession the boards afore the 2010 season, which ends with the Super Bowl in his building.
The alliance acutely wouldn’t wish even the limited achievability of a championship absitively by a brawl hitting a TV awning aural a punter’s reach.
On his radio show, Jones said he’s admiring to accept this settled. He aswell common his attitude that “I don’t see it as ultimately an issue” because punts rarely are kicked that top down the average of the acreage because teams adopt pinning returners afterpiece to the sideline.
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