Clearly defined in the same way the instructions to the Holy Handgrenade are clearly defined.

You keep saying “complete control” as if you’ve defined it. As far as I can tell, “complete control” is whatever you (or some random official) think it is? You can understand why some people might not be comfortable with that level of specificity, right? And that that discomfort was the reason for the rule change? And…

Not in the NFL they don’t. Not anymore. And it wasn’t that long ago that people were enraged by NFL officials on a weekly basis because of subjective calls. SO the league did something about it, and now you almost never hear anything about individual officials because expanded replay and specificity in the rules has…

This is getting ridiculous. Just argue that the rule should be changed, not that it’s being misinterpreted. The rule has been applied like this repeatedly for years now. This isn’t constitutional law or something, the only interpretation that matters is the NFL’s. Their position is crystal clear.

It’s adding ONE additional requirement which doesn’t seem like that obtuse of one at that. I guess you can argue you don’t like it because you want to see more catches and more fumbles. I don’t think there’s much sense in arguing a personal opinion like that. But I honestly don’t see why this is more onerous a rule…

You’re a stupid rule.

he doesn’t survive the ground. that was pretty clear. to complete a catch, especially when the player is going to the ground in the act of catching the ball, the player has to maintain possession through impact the ground. we can debate the validity of that rule, but within the confines of the rule, he very obviously…

This seems like a horrible metric for anything.

I don’t get the hand wringing on this thing anymore. It’s actually a very clear rule and has been enforced perfectly consistently for years now. Every team has had it go against them on a big play at least once. You have to have control of the ball all the way to the ground. They put the rule in there exactly so there…

“The receiving player must maintain full control of the ball from the initial point of contact all the way through CTE diagnosis.”

Obviously the blue part here is the land.

Sorta sounds like he got arrested for being obnoxious and provocative, which shouldn’t be cause for arrest.

He’s an asshole, but I’m not okay with cops who arrest people for disrespecting them.

I don’t understand the fuss. Everyone they hire is a Brown.

That’s silly. Who’s going to watch hockey in Oklahoma City in 20 years?

Best Catcher in the Mariners Farm System isn’t exactly a prestigious title.

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How do missile defense systems work?

This backs Carlos’ point. In general, one would think Unions would prefer the socialist-leaning agenda of a Bernie Sanders, but Trump found their anti-immigration / anti-free trade nerve and thus easily divided and captured the lot. Also, most union folks I know are very skilled and proud, and don’t like being called…

The thought of my company’s weak AF union walking off the job is laughable. They’ve tried a strike exactly once in my 14 years here. You had the 3 diehards (local president and 2 stewards) outside picketing and the rest drove right on by to clock in.