sheila
October 31st, 2004, 10:11 AM
This campaign has been many things and has been accused of many more: heated, polarizing, dirty... and a very close race.
As the election is completed and we find out who the leader of the US will be for the next 4 years, lets please try to keep any comments made appropriate for a community of this nature. We are here as parents and friends first and our political mogul nature is secondary (or lower down the scale).
Rather than list out what is ok and what is not, I would like to ask you to use your common sense and offer some guidelines from the NFL rulebook as what can be considered inappropriate.
Unsportsmanlike Conduct Any act contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship
Unnecessary Roughness
Neutral zone infraction AFTER there is a clear winner, profile lines & signatures may carry nothing more political than "Congratulations President X"
Encroachment
Illegal Return As a reminder that someone else breaking the rules does NOT make it ok for you to follow suit
And I will also pull from the NFL for the response to Unfair Acts (as described above)
Unfair Acts
Commissioner’s Authority
The Commissioner has sole authority to investigate and to take appropriate disciplinary or corrective measures if any club action, nonparticipant interference, or emergency occurs in an NFL game which he deems so unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of a game.
No Club Protests
The authority and measures provided for in this section (UNFAIR ACTS) do not constitute a protest machinery for NFL clubs to dispute the result of a game. The Commissioner will conduct an investigation under this section only to review an act or occurrence that he deems so unfair that the result of the game in question may be inequitable to one of the participating teams. The Commissioner will not apply his authority under this section when a club registers a complaint concerning judgmental errors or routine errors of omission by game officials. Games involving such complaints will continue to stand as completed.
Penalties for Unfair Acts
TBD based on offense.
**And just as a reminder, I am not voting for either of the two main candidates (ie, the guy I vote for WILL lose). So I do consider myself as capable of some degree of impartiality.
As the election is completed and we find out who the leader of the US will be for the next 4 years, lets please try to keep any comments made appropriate for a community of this nature. We are here as parents and friends first and our political mogul nature is secondary (or lower down the scale).
Rather than list out what is ok and what is not, I would like to ask you to use your common sense and offer some guidelines from the NFL rulebook as what can be considered inappropriate.
Unsportsmanlike Conduct Any act contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship
Unnecessary Roughness
Neutral zone infraction AFTER there is a clear winner, profile lines & signatures may carry nothing more political than "Congratulations President X"
Encroachment
Illegal Return As a reminder that someone else breaking the rules does NOT make it ok for you to follow suit
And I will also pull from the NFL for the response to Unfair Acts (as described above)
Unfair Acts
Commissioner’s Authority
The Commissioner has sole authority to investigate and to take appropriate disciplinary or corrective measures if any club action, nonparticipant interference, or emergency occurs in an NFL game which he deems so unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of a game.
No Club Protests
The authority and measures provided for in this section (UNFAIR ACTS) do not constitute a protest machinery for NFL clubs to dispute the result of a game. The Commissioner will conduct an investigation under this section only to review an act or occurrence that he deems so unfair that the result of the game in question may be inequitable to one of the participating teams. The Commissioner will not apply his authority under this section when a club registers a complaint concerning judgmental errors or routine errors of omission by game officials. Games involving such complaints will continue to stand as completed.
Penalties for Unfair Acts
TBD based on offense.
**And just as a reminder, I am not voting for either of the two main candidates (ie, the guy I vote for WILL lose). So I do consider myself as capable of some degree of impartiality.