NFL Rule 17

[TheStateUofMS]

Attorney Frank D’Amico, Jr. sued the NFL on Tuesday over the Saints losing to the Rams in the NFL championship Sunday.
According to WDSU reporter Travers Mackel, D’Amico sued in Civil District Court for Orleans Parish because of the blown no-call on a blatant pass interference that arguably allowed the Rams to win the game.

D’Amico Jr. wants Goodell to enforce Rule 17, Section 2, Article 1 in the NFL Rulebook that he says “could, in the right circumstances, allow the commissioner to take extreme action in the face of a grossly unfair result.”
Many experts have said that it’s highly unlikely the NFL or Goodell will do anything to change the outcome of Sunday’s NFC championship game, which saw the Rams going to the Super Bowl.
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NFL Rule 17 has been brought up because fans believe it would allow Goodell to reschedule or even reverse the results of a game for an “extraordinarily unfair” act.

 

[615 Guy]

I'd be curious to find out how many saints fans on this board claim not to be litigious yet support this lawsuit.

 

[patdog]

One bad call isn't a grossly or extraordinarily unfair act. Bad calls happen in every ballgame every played.

 

[FQDawg]

This is part of why I hate Saints fans. They are the biggest crybabies in all of professional sports. If this cockamamie law suit moves forward, all it does is open the door for any other fan base to demand a replay in any game where there's a bad call or bad missed call. Which is basically all of them.

It was a terrible no call. It sucks. But jeebus, stop with the tantrum throwing and act like grown ups.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I'm just pointing out it's RULE 17. I thought it was funny.

 

[thekimmer]

One bad call isn't a grossly or extraordinarily unfair act. Bad calls happen in every ballgame every played.

I think it is ridiculous to even think of enforcing this obscure rule and believe a lawsuit is utterly absurd. With that said, this was no ordinary bad call. I cannot think of another instance with a more devastating combination of a call/no-call that was so egregious and its impact so great.

Granted I haven't researched this. Maybe there is another one out there. But even so, Saints fans might be crybabies as someone opined, but they have a right to cry, scream, and howl about this one for a very long time.

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

Too bad the NCAA didn't have this rule or maybe we would be shooting free throws in the National Title game. That was probably more egregious than the pass interference.

 

[was21]

New Orleans ran 67 other plays and didn't get the job done

 

[Dawgsnsaints]

I am still pissed about the double no call, PI and helmet to helmet, however we just need to move on. It's over and done with, no lawsuits no online petitions. I am not boycotting the SB, I will be watching hoping the Pat's curb stomp the Ram's and all of their 20 fans.

 

[West Tn Dawg]

I am still pissed about the double no call, PI and helmet to helmet, however we just need to move on. It's over and done with, no lawsuits no online petitions. I am not boycotting the SB, I will be watching hoping the Pat's curb stomp the Ram's and all of their 20 fans.

Triple no call. There was also Face Guarding.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Triple no call. There was also Face Guarding.

I thought face guarding was no longer a penalty.

 

[msstate7]

I thought face guarding was no longer a penalty.

It isn't. Usually grabbing early or helmet to helmet on a defenseless receiver is though, usually

 

[thekimmer]

New Orleans ran 67 other plays and didn't get the job done

True, but the saints were opposed on every one of those 67 plays by 11 players on the other side doing their dead level best to stop them. The officials faced no such opposition. All they had to do is watch the action & make the correct call. Not always easy but the one in question that they missed was patently obvious to literally everyone that viewed it, friend or foe, and could have been easily made by stevie wonder just based on sound alone.

 

[Junction John]

Watch the slap, coo-yon, you sho on the wrong board for dat**