NFL Memo Warns Teams On Faking Injuries

Discussion in 'NFL General Discussion' started by Sweets, Sep 21, 2011.

  1. Sweets

    Sweets All-Pro

    The NFL sent a memo Wednesday to all 32 teams warning of fines, suspensions and loss of draft picks if the league determines players faked injuries during a game. In the memo obtained by The Associated Press, the NFL reminded teams of league policy that calls on coaches to discourage the practice, and that there was no specific rule on the topic. However, two days after there was speculation the Giants’ Deon Grant faked an injury against the Rams during the Monday night game, the NFL is warning of disciplinary action.

    Source: Associated Press
     
    Last edited: Sep 22, 2011
  2. themush

    themush iDIOT sAVANT

    How the heck are you going to enforce this Goodell? There's no way in hell you can "prove" someone is faking an injury.
     
  3. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    You can prove that the Giants were faking an injury. You can't prove if player A is faking an injury if he's at the bottom of a pile of 18 300 pound men. Goofdell up to no good again.
     
  4. SeanTaylor21

    SeanTaylor21 TheKingofKind

    Alright I am not saying the Giants weren't faking that injury or anything but you can randomly cramp up like that and just fall down especially with how there hasn't been a really long training camp and therefore aren't conditioned to game speed.
     
  5. Steve12

    Steve12 The night is dark and full of terrors

    Yea that happens. So what? I don't see how this applies to anything. The Giants blatantly faked their crap to slow the game down.
     
  6. ollysj

    ollysj iKraut

    Just another way, to spread some stupid fines...
     
  7. y2kbug

    y2kbug Take the Gunga!

    Yes it does happen but when you're absolutely fine and not just 1 but 2 players fall simultaneously then that's just really bad acting in the giants part
     
  8. andy82

    andy82 Your Soul, It's Mine!

    In the first freaking quarter? Unless that stadium was 120 Farenheit with blazing sunshine and/or they hadn't consumed any fluid all day long, the chances of that occurring to two players on the same play is ridiculously minuscule, especially with their warm-ups/training regimes.
     
  9. ball in the baskett

    ball in the baskett First Team All Pro

    This whole faking injurys thing has made the giants pass the cowboys on my list of teams i hate in our division
     
  10. I'm honored...........

    You guys act like this was the first time it's ever been done in the history of mankind. Just because it was on national TV.
     
  11. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    No. It's the first time its been done so blatantly and so blatantly bad. The Eagles did it back in the 80's with Buddy Ryan, it's happened many times since. Hence one of the reasons for the 10 second runoff rules.


    Just never so bad...:laughy32:
     
  12. UK 49er fan

    UK 49er fan Rookie

    I've always liked the NFL for the fact we don't see the diving and falling over and amateur dramatics compared to soccer, so to see that faking of injury on Monday night was disappointing. I'm sure during the history of the NFL there have been occasions where an injury was there, but not as bad as it might have been made to look, to use it to take a 'breather', but to see an out and out faking, and the laughable attempt by two players to do it was sad indeed.
     
  13. Teams will still get away with it as long as they don't make it sooo damn obvious...
     
  14. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    ^^This.
     
  15. ollysj

    ollysj iKraut

    But soccer players have another reason to do this - getting a penalty