Perhaps by writing a letter or sending an email that authorizes Heyward to wear eye black with the words “Iron” and “Head” stenciled on for a proscribed length of time - most likely the month of October - as a form of tribute to his deceased father.

That’s because he wasn’t. He hadn’t reached his teammate’s waist - which is a good proxy for a yard - until after the ball had been snapped.

That’s because he wasn’t. He hadn’t reached his teammate’s waist - which is a good proxy for a yard - until after the ball had been snapped.

Because his aim was never to make contact.

The league has a review process for a reason, and you just explained it.

So basically, your “slippery slope” is only slippery because the NFL has paved it with gold.

... players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration, unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office.

If you’re going to Kinja, you’d better do it The Right Way™.

Or this one from 2011 ...

The “go boom” part is just a touch melodramatic.

His wife and their kids?

+1 Irony. The game in question was the AFC Championship Game.

Actually, it quantumly entangles with with the water in Russell Wilson’s brain. It’s the real secret to his success.

Try Googling “Army of God” and take a look at their body of work, then tell me that Christian fringe groups haven’t used bombing as a general practice to elicit change.

Irony, thy name is “Sarah Palin”.

Interesting. So to defend freedom, we strip people of ... freedom?

Schrödinger’s Rose?

The problem with your thesis is that one of the things the NFL dropped the ball on is its investigation of cheating to begin with.

Example: Let’s say I am a wood worker. I can go buy a plain hammer at the hardware store. But, I’m girly, and I see the pretty flowered one next to the regular one, I might go for that one instead (assume quality is equal). This doesn’t make me less capable of using a hammer. If the flowered hammer were unavailable, I…

I see this as similar to the backlash over science-themed toys aimed at girls - there’s always someone asking, “but why is the box pink?”