To increase player safety. With the players getting bigger and faster there are increased chances of long term/permanent brain damage.
Football Rules and RegulationsThe NFL Record and Fact Book has the official rules. Go to this site:Click on the link below.
The first ever game of 'Australian Rules' football was between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College in 1858.
To get a copy of a NFL football game, find someone who has recorded it and ask for a copy. You can even find the games online.
1869 Rutgers and Princeton played a college soccer football game, the first ever, November 6. The game used modified London Football Association rules. During the next seven years, Rugby gained favor with the major eastern schools over soccer, and modern football began to develop from rugby. -----Click on the 'First NFL Game' link on this page to read about the first game played in the NFL in 1920 between Dayton and Columbus.
there are six refs in a NFL football game
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If someone disagrees with the rules of professional football they can contact the NFL directly, where their complaint would be forwarded to the right people.
Jerry Rice
jerry rice
you can't.... the NFL has rules against it now. Pretty soon it will be flag football.
The NFL has not abandoned the tie game. According to the rules (found at the NFL's web site in their rules digest) a tie game occurs during preseason and regular season games if neither team scores after a 15 minute sudden death quarter. The maximum is one period. With the advent of sudden death, the tie game has nearly vanished from the game but it does happen.