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Old 2013-03-20, 18:38   Link #6633
sky black swordman
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Today, the NFL owners have apporved all six proposed rule changes.
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The elimination of the "Tuck Rule" passed with an overwhelming 29-1 margin. Two teams abstained from that vote, including the New England Patriots, who famously benefited from the obscure rule during a 2001 AFC divisional playoff win over the Oakland Raiders, and the Washington Redskins.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers voted against the elimination of the rule.
I wonder why?

The general manager of the Redskins, Bruce Allen, who was a Raiders executive at the time of the famed tuck-rule playoff game in New England said later Wednesday that he and the Redskins abstained both as a tribute to Davis and because he felt the tuck rule itself was not the problem on the Brady play.
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