01-27-2018, 10:06 PM
I actually think the XFL will benefit the NFL by forcing the league to lighten up on some of the BS rules like What a catch is, PI, roughing the QB etc. I know the "Dangerous" hits will still be an issue but maybe they will start reviewing them to see if it was truely intentional. If the XFL has any success at all the NFL will have no choice but to relax a bit on some of the silly rules. That's what's pushing most fans away. I don't think the NFL should be used as a political platform either but to me if that was the straw that broke the camels back then you were never a huge fan of the game. It's the officiating that's pushing the true fans away. I don't give a damn who kneels or who doesn't, but once gameplay starts and every good defensive play is under scrutiny and automatically deemed dirty and intentional it gets old. And just about every deep pass is PI if a defender just has a hand on the receiver while looking for the ball too gets to be hard to watch. Then you get teams like NE that march right down field on 40 yards worth of penalties on every scoring drive to win games, then its really hard to watch.
