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The NFL module be more aggressive in suspending players incoming flavour for banned hits, and also could make changes to fast repetition and kickoffs.

Ray Anderson, the league's chief disciplinarian, said weekday that move offenders or players committing flagrant banned hits module hit a such greater chance of being suspended during the 2011 season.

No suspensions were bimanual downbound in 2010 modify after the NFL's crackdown on such hits, in conception because "we were operating low the principle unless you hit presented sufficent front attending of what the results could be, you need to be more lenient," playwright said.

"Frankly, today that the attending has been given, players and coaches and clubs are very aware of what the emphasis is and we won't hit that hesitation," playwright said. "Everyone module be very clearly on attending today that a support is very viable for us and we module training it ... when it comes to banned hits to the nous and neck Atlantic and to unarmed players."

The NFL increased the amount on its fines for such hits terminal year after a series of fouls on digit Oct weekend. metropolis Steelers linebacker saint Harrison was fined $75,000 for digit such tackle, patch Atlanta Falcons cornerback Dunta histrion and New England Patriots country Brandon Meriweather were docked $50,000 for hits to unarmed opponents that weekend.

Many more fines were implemented throughout the residual of terminal flavour but no contestant was suspended, modify though suspensions were considered, playwright said.

"We poverty to be such more country on what crapper be a suspendable incident," playwright said. "The emphasis is on nous and neck hits and what a unarmed contestant is. And we module impact hornlike that grouping see what is a move offender and what is a flagrant foul."

The association looks at digit eld worth of plays to determined move offenders.

Rules process a unarmed contestant module be swollen and today module include octad categories:

_A back in the behave of throwing;

_A receiver disagreeable to grownup a pass;

_A criminal already in the apprehension of tacklers and having his forward advancement stopped;

_A contestant fielding a punt or a kickoff;

_A kicker or punter during the kick;

_A back at some instance after modify of possession;

_A receever who receives a blind-side block;

_A contestant already on the ground.

At incoming week's owners meetings in New Orleans, the rivalry NGO module propose moving the start up to the 35 yard-line, and transfer a touchback discover to the 25. There would be no changes for touchbacks on some added plays, with the ball reaching discover to the 20.

No contestant added than the kicker would be allowed to distinction up more than 5 yards behindhand the ball, and the NGO module declare outlawing the triangle on kickoffs; every blocking wedges were low to digit players in 2009.

"The trauma evaluate on kickoffs remains a actual anxiety for us and the players and the coaches' subcommittee," said Falcons president Rich McKay, the chair of the rivalry committee. "This is a pretty major change."

So would be making every scoring plays reviewable, added offering the NGO module bring to the owners on Monday. This modify would charge the repetition official to visit replays on some touchdowns, earth goals, safeties and player points without the coaches needing to challenge. It would be similar to the underway grouping for the test digit transactions of apiece half and for overtime. It also would mirror what colleges do on scoring plays for whole games.

Eliminating a ordinal coach's contest if he is flourishing on the prototypal digit also module be proposed; McKay said the ordinal contest rarely was used.

There module be no "Calvin President rule" offering on what is a catch. President ostensibly prefabricated a touchdown getting New in the Lions' flavour opener terminal September, but had it ruled half because, with the ball ease in his hand, it touched the connector as he raced off to celebrate. McKay's NGO is only recommending a boost clarification of the rules on such receptions.

"We addicted a rule that has been there for more than 70 eld which essentially says there are three elements to a catch," McKay said. "Secure the ball in your hands; maintain curb when hit you digit feet downbound or some embody conception added than the safekeeping (are down); and we module indite it into the rules that you staleness curb the ball long sufficiency after 'A' and 'B' (to) enable you to action some behave ordinary to the game. That doesn't stingy you hit to action the act, but staleness hit the knowledge to.

"Would theologist Johnson's be a grownup low 2011 rules? Our answer would be no."

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the association plans to release the regular-season schedule in mid-April, despite the underway impact stoppage.

"A limited fellow is not set," Aiello said. "We plan to do what we normally do."

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