Monday, September 13, 2010
posted by Pat Caputo at
11:55 AM
Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."
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4 Comments:
Agree, this is just a critism of the NFL Rules Committee, not the interpretation of the referrees.
Like any law passed by Congress, these rules have unintended consequences.
Why in heavens name did the Rules Committee not do a "black hat" discussion on how this rule could end up crazy.
Well, it happened and has happened in the past.
Why wouldn't the Rules Committee not be at least consistent? If a running back goes into the end zone and has the ball knocked out by the ground it's a touchdown. Also if his knee hits the ground.
So now these geniouses want to make sure a receiver doesn't stretch out and lose the ball on the hit with the ground. Sounds right.
But these idiots should have put some provisions in the rule to have a TD if exactly what happened to Johnson.
Sounds like to me that these genious rule analysts should be able to think about what could badly happen if the rule is passed?
It will be interesting to see if the Lions play as hard as they did in Chicago, or will, being victimized by a bad rule, and losing Stafford, demoralize them as a team. Dean
Anonymous,
Technically, it's the competition committee and Matt Millen was a member from 2006 until he was fired by the Lions. Obviously, they need to consider more closely those who are chosen to make the rules.
Caputo
Dean,
That is the key. Notice how Schwartz didn't blast the league over this? I hear it's because he doesn't want his team to lean on excuses.
Caputo
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