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PAUL TAGLIABUE TO RETIRE FROM THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
ON FIELD RULE CHANGES There is one absolute certainty about the search for Paul Tagliabue's replacement. It wont be easy and is going to involve a lot of tough talk and negotiation.
Tagliabue said, "In the thirty seven years since 1969, I have had the privilege to serve the National Football League and its member teams with - by my estimation - about eighty different principal owners of football teams. Then in recent months, my wife, Chan, pointed out that we now have head football coaches in the NFL who had not been born when I first started with the National Football League." Tagliabue also said, "The NFL is a very special type of institution and it works because the game continues to grow and be great, because of 1000's of talented individuals, and because of wonderful teamwork across the entire National Football League. That's what we have and must continue to have and strive for. |
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That truth is becoming more evident here at the League's meetings in Orlando. It was originally hoped that a search committee would be set up by Tagliabue during these meetings. But now the word from National Football League leaders is that there may not be a committee put in place for at least couple of weeks. Tagliabue, who has the role of naming the committee members, has had talks with many of the team owners about the topic. Some of the owners are concerned that their interests need to be reflected on the committee. The National Football League is planning on having a search company ask each of the thirty two owners confidentially what they are looking for in the next League commissioner. |
In terms of on-the-field matters, the team owners will also be quite busy this week. Among the issues they will discuss:
*Allowing a defensive player to wear a communication device in his helmet so that he can receive signals from the coach on the sideline, something like the device quarterbacks now have in their helmets. There is a fear that defensive signals, which are now received by hand, might be getting picked up on by opponents in some cases.
*Reducing from ninety seconds to sixty the time limit for officials' review of plays.
*Various player safety issues, including quarterback sacks, protecting long snappers and keeping teams from loading up on one side of the ball on onside kicks.
*Officiating. While acknowledging there were some high-profile mistakes in the playoffs, the National Football League believes that officiating, taken as a whole, was good last year.
*Permitting an offensive player to re-set himself after he flinches. Last season, 850 false start penalties were called, a total the league fears may be slowing down the game too much.
*A proposal to increase the number of teams in the playoffs from twelve teams to fourteen (seven in each conference). Adding some weight to the topic is the fact the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl after being just the 6th - and final - seed in the AFC.
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