The Kingdome rule is back...
Thanks to an unanimous tip, the NFL is going to be looking at the Seahawks/Giants game a little closer. A story written by Danny O'Neil talks about how the Seahawks are possibly creating noise illegally. A side note to the piece is the break down of the noise rules in the NFL. Here is the break down thanks to the www.seattletimes.com and the NFL.
NFL rules on crowd noise
Crowd Noise
While the League does not wish to place restrictions on spontaneous crowd noise or to diminish fan enjoyment in our sport, it is each club's responsibility to exert proper control over cheerleaders and mascots (including noise-making specialists hired exclusively for that purpose), use of scoreboards, message boards, etc. Artificial or manufactured crowd noise in NFL stadiums has increased to the extent that teams have notified the league office that they have experienced difficulty communicating within their bench area as well as on the field.
(1) Club-Controlled Sound: The home club does not have the prerogative to decide if such sound hampers signal calling. While spontaneous crowd noises may be beyond immediate control, noise of any kind (music, horns, gongs, drums, etc.) that is under club control must cease when the play clock (40 or 25 second) is running and the visiting team is in possession of the ball. Flagrant attempts by cheerleaders, mascots or the public-address system to encourage crowd noise for the purpose of disrupting the visiting team's offense while the play clock is running is prohibited. The use of noise meters or such messages as "Noise!," "Let's hear it!," "Raise the Roof," "Let's go Crazy," "Pump it up," "12th Man" are prohibited at any time during the game. These examples are not limited to the foregoing, but also would include similar messages that encourage crowds to make random noise in order to disrupt the opposition. The prohibitions specified in this section also apply during kicking plays.
Exception: Any conventional cheerleader or mascot actions or the use of the scoreboard or message board for acceptable cheers such as "Defense!" and "Push 'em back!" must be stopped when the huddle breaks and/or the offensive team moves to the line of scrimmage.
(2) "Wave": Club-controlled efforts to start the "Wave" cheer, through the use of cheerleaders or message boards — even if the actions are stopped when the visiting team breaks the huddle — are a violation of the crowd noise policy.
(3) Noise-Making Devices: Klaxons, megaphones, bullhorns, whistles and other noisemakers of any kind are not permitted in stadium.
(4) Field-Level Speakers: The number of field-level speakers must be limited to a maximum of four. They must be placed between the goal lines and the 20-yard lines, and be pointed away from the bench area and the playing field. All sound from such speakers must cease when play clock starts for the visiting team's possession.
(5) Mascots: Team mascots must stay behind the six-foot white border at all times during the game (they may be on the field at appropriate times during the pregame and at halftime when players are not on the field), and they are prohibited from engaging in any acts of taunting opposing players, coaches, and game officials. In the event of violations, teams employing the mascots will be subject to significant fines.
(6) Videos: Video clips may be shown during pregame, halftime, postgame, between quarters, and after a score by the home team, as long as the content is in good taste and not derogatory to the visiting team. At no time may such clips be shown while the play clock or game clock is running.
Clubs should be aware of the playing rule adopted in 1989 which establishes a set of procedures, including loss of timeouts or 5-yard penalty on the defense, to handle the problem of crowd noise which prevents the offense from hearing its signals.
Source: The NFL
A) This tells me the NFL has too much free time and B) Most of these league rules were put in because of the constant noise in the Kingdome.
Guess what...it wasn't the dome. Seattle Fans are loud...
I have pictures but Blogger is being typical Blogger so I'll post pictures later!!!
NFL rules on crowd noise
Crowd Noise
While the League does not wish to place restrictions on spontaneous crowd noise or to diminish fan enjoyment in our sport, it is each club's responsibility to exert proper control over cheerleaders and mascots (including noise-making specialists hired exclusively for that purpose), use of scoreboards, message boards, etc. Artificial or manufactured crowd noise in NFL stadiums has increased to the extent that teams have notified the league office that they have experienced difficulty communicating within their bench area as well as on the field.
(1) Club-Controlled Sound: The home club does not have the prerogative to decide if such sound hampers signal calling. While spontaneous crowd noises may be beyond immediate control, noise of any kind (music, horns, gongs, drums, etc.) that is under club control must cease when the play clock (40 or 25 second) is running and the visiting team is in possession of the ball. Flagrant attempts by cheerleaders, mascots or the public-address system to encourage crowd noise for the purpose of disrupting the visiting team's offense while the play clock is running is prohibited. The use of noise meters or such messages as "Noise!," "Let's hear it!," "Raise the Roof," "Let's go Crazy," "Pump it up," "12th Man" are prohibited at any time during the game. These examples are not limited to the foregoing, but also would include similar messages that encourage crowds to make random noise in order to disrupt the opposition. The prohibitions specified in this section also apply during kicking plays.
Exception: Any conventional cheerleader or mascot actions or the use of the scoreboard or message board for acceptable cheers such as "Defense!" and "Push 'em back!" must be stopped when the huddle breaks and/or the offensive team moves to the line of scrimmage.
(2) "Wave": Club-controlled efforts to start the "Wave" cheer, through the use of cheerleaders or message boards — even if the actions are stopped when the visiting team breaks the huddle — are a violation of the crowd noise policy.
(3) Noise-Making Devices: Klaxons, megaphones, bullhorns, whistles and other noisemakers of any kind are not permitted in stadium.
(4) Field-Level Speakers: The number of field-level speakers must be limited to a maximum of four. They must be placed between the goal lines and the 20-yard lines, and be pointed away from the bench area and the playing field. All sound from such speakers must cease when play clock starts for the visiting team's possession.
(5) Mascots: Team mascots must stay behind the six-foot white border at all times during the game (they may be on the field at appropriate times during the pregame and at halftime when players are not on the field), and they are prohibited from engaging in any acts of taunting opposing players, coaches, and game officials. In the event of violations, teams employing the mascots will be subject to significant fines.
(6) Videos: Video clips may be shown during pregame, halftime, postgame, between quarters, and after a score by the home team, as long as the content is in good taste and not derogatory to the visiting team. At no time may such clips be shown while the play clock or game clock is running.
Clubs should be aware of the playing rule adopted in 1989 which establishes a set of procedures, including loss of timeouts or 5-yard penalty on the defense, to handle the problem of crowd noise which prevents the offense from hearing its signals.
Source: The NFL
A) This tells me the NFL has too much free time and B) Most of these league rules were put in because of the constant noise in the Kingdome.
Guess what...it wasn't the dome. Seattle Fans are loud...
I have pictures but Blogger is being typical Blogger so I'll post pictures later!!!
posted by The Dude at 10:52 AM
10 Comments:
Are we playing golf now in the stadium? WTF!
I love that The Dude logged on to write 6 sentences on his own and then plagiarize (School teacher?) the rest... even though he already provide us the link to said rules.
Plus, he obviously didn't read how to create pictures using the simple html code I provided to Casey earlier this week. Classic Dude post... too bad he probably won't log on again for another two weeks to see our comments.
I think 2.0 and I should make a "how-to" not use blogger to upload pictures post...and...the noise rule really is an incentive for the audience to see if they can create more noise...
More importantly is the Seahawk conspirac-theory machine is back up and running...way to drive the bandwagon Dude...
While we are on that subject 2.0
how about some HTML tips for color..pictures...links...video etc etc.
Give the
"Black Lodge guide to posting"
Good idea, I'll bust that as soon as I can. It's a pretty busy week at work, but I'll squeeze it out before Friday.
Joe...you are the king of plagarism...I just credit where I read it...
I made a link to the danny o'neil article and cut and pasted because I didn't want to have just six sentences.
I have seen a few illegal noise makers but who really cares...I think noise is noise...whether it comes from fans or artifical means...
My diet for the rest of the week now includes a heavy dose of tea and honey.
I'm bringin' it on Sunday my friends. Obviously, I bring it every week. This game was already marked on the calendar because of last years events....but now? God help the Giants. Seahawks stadium is going to be the 7th pit of hell for them!
I'll bet that Tom Coughlin is pretty pumped about this coming out today......
Now I'm wondering if I should smuggle a whistle or "illegal" noise-maker into the game?
You could have a whistle.....and chances are, nobody would even hear it.
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