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Originally Posted by mlmdub130
they have to leave the feild for one play unless a timeout is called. during the last two minutes of either half teams are automatically charged a timeout, i beleive there is a clock run off if they have no timeouts but not 100% on that. it is technically legal under the rules that are in place now, but it's just dirty, and imo it's borderline cheating because of the way they are manipulating the rules to work for them.
it will undoubtedly be a very case to case type of reveiw, but to say the only way to fine them is if they admit there was an injury is not the awnser. in some circumstances it might not even have that large of an impact of the game it self. in this instance though the rams were running their hurry up to precision and had the giants gasping for air and were most likely about to score. instead the giants have two guys go down faking injuries and slowing down the rams offesnse, while not having to burn any of their timeouts. the giants then get a break and get to regain their composure. it's just wrong.
i really think goodell has to do something to the giants be it the staff, the players, or both, the latter being my preference. they did this on mnf with the whole country watching, this is the prime time to set an example.
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Yes, thank you for reminding me. Maybe if the team in the lead is the one using this tactic (as the Giants were) then instead of a time run off they add more time to the clock and take away a timeout of the team using said tactic. Or in this situation they could have called unsports man like conduct and moved the Rams half the distance to the goal or put them on the 1 yrd line. Or given the Rams an extra play to get into the endzone.