NFL Needs Better-Trained Officials, Not Gimmicky Rule Changes

February 24, 2015   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

Next week in Naples, Florida, one of the most powerful cabals in the NFL will gather, a dark and mysterious group that has an immense amount of control over the league.
OK, so the competition committee may not be that nefarious, but it is that powerful. It's the competition committee that considers which rule change proposals are put before the league's teams.
This year, pass interference is a hot topic, and a couple of potential adjustments to that rule are reportedly being kicked around. However, rather than tearing pages out of the NFL rulebook only to replace them with new ones, what the NFL really needs is a properly trained cadre of officials to enforce the rules they already have.
As Dan Hanzus of NFL.com reports, St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher stated that a number of proposals have been submitted including the expansion of instant replay to include penalties:
A number of those proposals involve including penalties. That will all be discussed. We're ju...

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