Roger Goodell wasn't kidding.The NFL commissioner suggested during Super Bowl Ryan O'Reilly Jerseyweek that the league would look at ejecting players after two serious personal fouls in a game. This week at the owners' meetings, a proposal from the powerful competition committee for what would amount to a ''yellow card rule'' will be discussed and possibly voted on.Goodell was not specific about what sort of penalties could lead to ejection. The committee - comprised of owners, coaches, general managers and league personnel, and with input from officials and players - is suggesting two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties would result in expulsion.The committee broke down those http://www.officialsabresteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Sam_Reinhart_Jersey fouls to throwing a punch or forearm or kicking an opponent, even if no contact is made; using abusive, threatening or insulting language or gestures to an opponent, teammates, officials or representatives of the league; or using baiting or taunting acts or words that engender ill will between teams.Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay, co-chairman of the committee, said there was much discussion of including such personal fouls as late hits, egregious face-mask penalties, and roughing the passer as potential incidents leading to ejection.McKay and Troy Vincent, the NFL's football operations chief, noted that unsportsmanlike conduct penalties rose from an average of 50 http://www.officialsabresteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Thomas_Vanek_Jersey over several years to 75 in 2015.''We definitely talked about both,'' Brad Richardson JerseyMcKay said, ''and we feel like we have disciplinary ways to deal with the personal foul side. Obviously, we have a system of fining; we have the ability to suspend. ... To us, on the sportsmanship side, that's what led us to this rule. We did talk about the personal foul side. There is that concern that's raised on the degree of fouls, if you will.''Such as having two incidental face-mask calls, which are 15-yard penalties, getting a player kicked out.McKay noted that only twice in a game last season did the same player http://www.officialcoyotesproshop.com/Womens_Youth_Christian_Fischer_Jerseydraw more than one unsportsmanlike conduct flag. One of those is the much-discussed battle between Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Panthers All-Pro cornerback Josh Norman on Dec. 20. Beckham got three such penalties, but he was not ejected.Both Vincent and McKay stressed that game officials have the power to expel players for any outrageous fouls.''We will certainly emphasize the fact that in flagrant foul situations, the referee is empowered to have an immediate ejection for one foul,'' McKay said. ''He doesn't need to wait for that second foul, and we will definitely make that a point to the officials that if they see that act and they believe it to be flagrant, they are empowered to eject that player from the game.''
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