THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL TAKE THAT RULE AND TUCK IT.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH There was never any problem interpreting the ``tuck rule'' growing up at my house. Tuck in your shirt, or don't come to the dinner table. Likewise, the frost-bitten, snow-blind Foot Locker Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) is a major American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”). employees in Foxboro had no problem - not after they were told about the replays, that is - with the NFL's tuck rule when Tom Brady was separated from possession of the ball by Charles Woodson in the Patriots-Raiders AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. playoff contest Saturday night. NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Rule 3, Section 21, Article 2. It's been there for two years now. Al Davis can show you. By its plain legalese legalese - Dense, pedantic verbiage in a language description, product specification, or interface standard; text that seems designed to obfuscate and requires a language lawyer to parse it. definition, Brady never stopped his throwing motion. Even though Brady stopped his throwing motion. That rule was enforced as such 15 times during the regular season before Saturday's game. So change it. Call a fumble what it is - a fumble. Even with a Keith Jackson imitation if you want. You have the ball. Then you don't. That's a fumble. No matter if it's caused by the ground or growling defensive back. No matter the quarterback's arm is cocked one way or another - would it have mattered if it was a halfback half·back n. Abbr. HB 1. Football a. One of the players positioned near the flanks behind the line of scrimmage. b. The position held by this player. 2. Sports a. option? The NFL's rule is so obtuse ob·tuse adj. 1. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect. 2. Not sharp or acute; blunt. , even Merriam-Webster won't be completely specific about its attempts to define the word ``fumble'': ``To lose hold of a football while handling or running with it.'' They know the throwing motion could throw the definition off completely. Plain and simple, of the 160,000 folks who voted on ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network .com's Internet poll Sunday, 69 percent said that specific play was a fumble. No matter what the rule currently says. (They also agree you can speed through an intersection on a yellow light, but that's different). So there. Now, about the definition of a muff. ... --By the way, it's not Darrell Russell's fault the Raiders lost. He'd be the first to tell ya. ... --The yellow line in the snow in New England was, in fact, computer generated. Funny, none of the players wanted to step on it. Just in case. ... --A friend called to say that with his cable system, that was the clearest TV picture he had all year for a football game. ... --Ray Lewis denies he had anything to do with the death of the road kill he was wearing around his torso after the game Sunday. ... --For all he did last season, Bob Toledo received a contract extension. Anyone else on Pete Dalis' rewards program? ... --One of the stipulations of Brian Jordan agreeing to join the Dodgers was that he be allowed to play for the local NFL franchise during baseball's offseason. Shhhhhh ... --With Gary Sheffield, the Braves will restore that calm in the clubhouse that's been missing since the departure of John Rocker. ... --Odalis Perez now, Carlos Pereznext? ... --Kevin Malone has been sniffing around for a book deal. Big deal. ... --The Dodgers' biggest loss for this coming season will be Stu Nahan on the radio pregame show. His wearing the blue jacket with the team logo on the back was advertisement not even Goodyear could provide. ... --Adam Sandler is the name of the public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most guy for the MLS' Galaxy. He does not double as water boy. ... --Tex Winter deserves whatever consultant fee IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) wants to pay him for those TV spots. |
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