NFL Wants To Rein In On-Field Profanity Among Players

A week after officials in the Seahawks-Panthers game warned players about excessive profanity targeted at the opposing team, the NFL would like to crack down on the potty-mouthed smack-talking.

On Saturday, VP of officials Dean Blandino told ESPN that officials want to curtail "actions [verbal or otherwise] directed at an opponent."

Blandino said that profanity alone isn't prohibited but noted that when verbal actions are directed at an opponent, it's usually profane. So after a week of games that included plenty of fights and a handful of ejections, expect officials to be a little quicker to call unsportsmanlike conduct penalties when players can control their gum-flapping.

Source: CBS Sports

 

Screw that freaking crap. These are grown freaking men.

 

If their parents couldn't stop 'em... lol

Just the NFL fines dept. getting creative.

 

What's the next thing they are going to want to fine, dirty looks?

 

Translation to english - "Keep your monkey mouths shut and do what you're told you filthy negroes."

 

NFL starting to resemble a govt. Fines for everything.

 

But they won't lay down a fine for flipping the bird? Lol...

 

cussing and football go hand-in-hand. They cannot get rid of it.

 

Good luck with this, NFL.

Anybody hear Terry Bradshaw use the F-word when he thought he was off the air the other day?:icon_smile:

 

Well they'll have to eliminate it from the coach speak and the locker rooms and the practices as well...right?

 

This is not really surprising to me. I knew the NFL would try this eventually.

 

just the NFL's way of getting money back from the players. I thought the owners thought they gave the players too much money when the collective bargaining was ratified.

 

Tom Terrific? Cuss? I'm totally shocked by this.:icon_smile:

 

you can't keep cussing off the playing field and the locker room any better than you can keep it out of the military.

 

I guess they feel they can fine for anything, given that they hand out fines for wearing the wrong tshirt