Snap Poll: Should NFL Football have a "Mercy Rule"?

[Hapless Bills Fan]

Obvious what spurred this thread I think

[Mrbojanglezs]

No way the NFL will stop a game early

[Vod Kanockers]

Do the losers get participation trophies as well? ??‍♂️

[NoSaint]

4 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Obvious what spurred this thread I think

honestly, I don’t even care if the comeback is possible. You finish the game.

[Stank_Nasty]

Where’s the option of “no. They are grown professionals” 

[RiotAct]

9 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Obvious what spurred this thread I think

what we’re about to do to the Cowboys?

[Punching Bag]

The winning coach needs to good decisions on who to pull and if the coach can't then he did not deserve to win.

Same thing if he leaves in a player he cannot replace and gets injured.

[Stank_Nasty]

Just now, Limeaid said:

The winning coach needs to good decisions on who to pull and if the coach can't then he did not deserve to win.

Same thing if he leaves in a player he cannot replace and gets injured.

I turned the game off. Did somebody get hurt 

[Dablitzkrieg]

Instead of challenge flags, give them bright towels to throw in for mercy.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

14 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

what we’re about to do to the Cowboys?

 

I like the way you think!!!!!

 

14 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said:

Where’s the option of “no. They are grown professionals” 

 

I'm not splitting the "No" vote, you can (and did) write that in

[whatdrought]

No. We need more shame in our society. If you’re getting slaughtered, you sit there and take it. From the owners, to the coaches, to the players, to the fans. 

 

This is coming from a fan whose sat in that misery many a time.

[DC Tom]

The advertisers would never allow it.  Seriously, the quickest way to kill you ad revenue is to make a rule that tells them "We don't know if we'll run your late-game commercials."

 

Gamblers wouldn't allow it either.

[reddogblitz]

How come if I vote NO I still have to pick a number?

 

you play to win the game.

[Rob's House]

As much as I hate it when a team runs up the score, point differential can come into play in a tie breaker.

[Augie]

I played sports my whole life, into my college years. By the time my kids were 10-12 they had played more games with a ref, a uniform and a scoreboard than I ever did. NEVER with a mercy rule. (We left baseball behind early. As one son said “do I have to do All Star season? In baseball half the people are standing around, and the other half are sitting.) 

 

Only ONCE did I ever get on either kid in any sport, school or AAU. It was rec league hoops, my youngest was up against and older, MUCH bigger team. He could touch the net, they could dunk.  He was middle school, they were high school. The rout was on, and his team just seemed to quit. Not shocking. 

 

I caught his eye heading up court and asked “have you QUIT?” He might not remember that moment, but I will forever. He became himself again, and fought to the end. I’m so proud of him and that moment. It helped build him into what he is today, NEVER a quitter, always a worker and fighter.

 

Thank God he got some of his mom’s genes!  ?

[1st Ammendment NoMas]

No mercy ever. This is football. You go out and play the game and if you are getting your a$$ kicked, then you get up and put up a fight. You fight until the whistle blows at 0:00.  

[Freddie's Dead]

C'mon man.

[MJS]

We should have an anti mercy rule. For every 20 points you are down, you're forced to play with one less man on offense and defense.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

There's no crying in football !! (Unless you're Tom Brady)

 

 

[Alphadawg7]

Is this a real thread?  
 

I mean seriously?  There is already a mercy rule:  It’s called the remote control.  Turn the channel if you don’t want to watch.

 

I can’t believe this is even being discussed.  

[Alphadawg7]

4 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I like the way you think!!!!!

 

 

I'm not splitting the "No" vote, you can (and did) write that in

Why would you make the “No” choice “No the comeback” in a blow out scenario instead of “No you finish the game” in this poll?  
 

I mean that’s about as bad a choice as it was to even ask this question in the first place.  

[row_33]

Play the game out 

 

if you have won by halftime, there’s  no need for an onside kick or rubbing it in or cheap shots on the weaker team

 

 

[Utah John]

No.  One reason is simply to let the players get their stats.  When they're doing well the stats help them with their next contract.

 

The way teams that are ahead by a lot try not to rub it in is to become more conservative in play calling, but you don't tell players to go less than full speed, because they're more likely to get hurt like that.  So an offense will switch from passing to rushing.  Of course if it's rushing that's killing the other guy, there's a problem.

[Samwell Tarly]

No, these are adults being handsomely paid for their efforts.  Play on.

[uticaclub]

Loser topic

[fansince88]

7 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Obvious what spurred this thread I think

Only way a game should be stopped is if the coach throws in the towel.  

[eanyills]

Are the players going to forfeit a ratio of their paycheck relative to the amount of game forfeited?

 

These aren’t young children playing travel league sports for fun. These are millionaires playing a game that is a business. Play (and try) until the game is over.

[GunnerBill]

Don't believe in it. In fact when I was coaching (semi-pro soccer) my view was always the worse it got the more incumbent upon me it was to show some defiance. I have told the story a few times about taking over a perennial bad team and having to change the culture. 

 

Well my first half season there we lost a game 9-1. It was 4-0 at half time and the second half was played in a downpour. I didn't go and hide in the covered dugout I stood in the rain right on the sideline for the full 45 minutes. It was about showing the team that even when things are really going badly I would not tolerate people hiding. You take your medicine and you finish that thing out. 

 

[CLTbills]

yeah, because the NFL is going to stop a game early and piss off all of their advertisers that paid $$$$$$$$$ for the commercials.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

?

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

8 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Obvious what spurred this thread I think

 

To you maybe!!!          

 

When though?  The half? ... While reasonable it's too early. 

 

At the beginning of the 4th QTR a 40 point lead = Call it a game!!! 

 

 

 

 

 

But I doubt it will ever happen 

 

So my votes were based on the hypothetical 

Edited November 26, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost

[PromoTheRobot]

Most NFL coaches have a version of the mercy rule called resting your starters.

[SoTier]

7 hours ago, Limeaid said:

The winning coach needs to good decisions on who to pull and if the coach can't then he did not deserve to win.

Same thing if he leaves in a player he cannot replace and gets injured.

 

I voted for mercy.  Not all starters can be replaced one for one with backups, especially if a starter or two has been injured in the game already.  Moreover, many good teams have non-starters who are crucial pieces in certain situations on both offense and defense such as nickel backs on defense or the fourth WR on teams that use a lot of 4 and 5 WR sets.

[buffalo2218]

Sure why not? The officials can throw white instead of yellow flags

[LabattBlue]

So a thread about a bills backers bar on Gillign’s Island is deleted, and a warning issued, but a mod can post this nonsense?

 

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Edited November 26, 2019 by LabattBlue

[Mr. WEO]

Mercy games are in the situation where one team is in a totally different performance class or league getting pounded by an elite team.

 

The Rams were in the SB in February of this year...

[frostbitmic]

Meh ... Last nights game got me an extra hour of sleep since I turned the game off just after halftime. I think the Rams went to bed early as well.

[Don Otreply]

Absolutely no mercy rule,  

 

Talk about a first world problem...

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, buffalo2218 said:

Sure why not? The officials can throw white instead of yellow flags

On that note, is the league going to cut up yesterday’s Rams uniforms, to make into new officials’ flags?

[tcampbell104]

no way they could end a game early, they would probably lose advertisements