Interesting Rules In The NFL

Thomas Ulrich

This podcast explores interesting and lesser known rules from the NFL rule book

Episodes

  1. 11/29/2020

    Sticky Fingers

    How good could you be if you put glue on your hands? How much glue would be to much? Why is a foreign substances such as stickum banned in the NFL https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fEXIpZKxyAHXrXCsp9RRyYiFeqTC0BCwCIDlNtXtgzM/edit?usp=sharing Citations: https://operations.nfl.com/media/4349/2020-nfl-rulebook.pdf http://dailydsports.com/stickum/ https://www.si.com/nfl/2014/07/15/nfl-history-in-95-objects-stickum https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/711391873533878272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E711391873533878272%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq.com%2Fstory%2Fwhat-is-stickum-and-why-did-dwight-howard-use-it-on-his-hands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Hayes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVIII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_NFL_Draft#Round_Five https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/lester-hayes-1.html#all_leaderboard https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HayeLe00/gamelog/post/ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HayeLe00/gamelog/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_College_Football_All-America_Team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_College_Football_All-America_Team https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2656747-how-the-nfl-cheats-foreign-substances Reflection: In this episode I was able to improve on my Rhetoric Knowledge and when to change my tone of voice based on if I was reading a quote or side piece of information. I was also able to understand more about how to start a new segment, almost like I'm starting a new paragraph.

    11 min
  2. 11/15/2020

    Ripping Their Head Off

    The NFL has a rule the prohibits players from tackling one another by grabbing their facemask. A successful player in the past used to tackle players this why, who is he and how did he make the NFL create rules to better the safety of all players? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VjMf5yktVrxgr4TicQHjQUbwpvzCwZNbjS51ZnWZwAg/edit?usp=sharing Citations: https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionary/nfl/face-mask.aspx#:~:text=%22Rule%2012%2C%20Section%202%2C,an%20opponent%20in%20any%20direction.&text=Penalty%3A%20For%20twisting%2C%20turning%20or,A%20personal%20foul. https://operations.nfl.com/media/4349/2020-nfl-rulebook.pdf https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1043&context=comssp&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com.au%2Fscholar%3Fq%3Dinvention%2B%2522football%2Bhelmet%2522%26btnG%3D%26hl%3Den%26as_sdt%3D1%252C5%26as_vis%3D1#search=%22invention%20football%20helmet%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_mask_(gridiron_football) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Train_Lane#cite_ref-Austin3_7-5 https://www.profootballhof.com/players/dick-night-train-lane/ https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ka-M/Lane-Dick.html https://www.cmgww.com/football/lane/ https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/facemask/ https://operations.nfl.com/football-ops/nfl-ops-honoring-the-game/health-safety/ https://www.playsmartplaysafe.com/focus-on-safety/sharing-progress/nfl-nflpa-release-2020-helmet-laboratory-testing-performance-results/?sp-el-lp-nb-gg-1800003 https://www.army.mil/article/179134/the_army_navy_game_13_historical_facts_you_probably_dont_know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893_Navy_Midshipmen_football_team https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/def_int_single_season.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/def_int_career.htm Reflection: While creating this second episode I was able to hone in on my ability to structure each segment of the episode. I had a better idea on how to break up the episode to transition from one topic to another. In this episode I went very deep into my sources and found extra material that I found to be quite interesting

    18 min

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This podcast explores interesting and lesser known rules from the NFL rule book