A new Rule by the NFL is causing controversy and having a lot of eyebrows raised towards the New England Patriots. the new rule states: "defenders on the ground can no longer tackle quarterbacks."
Its not like Brady is the first QB to ever be taken out for the season. I mean, lets remember how he got the starting position in the first place. The Reasons behind this stated was 1. for safety, and 2.) because apparently the quarterback is the only star people go to the game to see.
This Quote is from the Patriots owner Robert Kraft "...So whatever we can do to protect quarterbacks and to minimize the opportunity of them being taken out with a year-ending injury I would support....It's like going to see a great movie and the star isn't in the movie. It's the same principle."
here is the link to the article.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2009/03/wednesday-eye-4.html
the article is fresh, so the poll on the bottom has about 50 new votes a minute.
but around 84% say - "this is football. not a tea dance."
I think this could be a safe rule, but its dumb. Tackling is part of the game. What if a player was able to tackle the quarterback and then the QB threw a touchdown pass, it wouldnt be fair for the other team. This could be a safer thing though. Quarterbacks wouldnt get hurt as mush eventhough not many of them get hurt from a situation like this. Overall this could be a good or bad rule.
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