NFL could introduce 15-yard penalty for racial slur: Report

Toronto Sun ^ | Feb. 21, 2014 | QMI AGENCY

[TomServo]

You know what we need?

Tourette’s league football...

[tomkat]

That.

[Verginius Rufus]

“Niggardly” is completely unrelated to “the N-word.”

[bolobaby]

All animals are equal, some are just more equal than others.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Would it still be legal to use the H word, or use the K word?

[reagandemocrat]

Now that’s funny.

[castlegreyskull]

Good catch.

[tips up]

Black players use it as a term of endearment. Will they be penalized too? Or only if a white player utters the n-word? What about white african americans like our president?

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’d like to see them get a 15 yard penalty for wearing pink instead.

[JimRed]

But, I thought that was a term of endearment when used by those with the protective coloration. They seem to use it upon one another all the time!

[Lets Roll NOW]

Will this be called the Riley Cooper penalty?

15 yards on number 7 for a Riley Cooper. Goodell is a joke.

Peyton Hillis said he was called all kinds of racial slurs because he was a white RB, no one was upset about that.

Obama has achieved his goal, now the whole country only thinks in terms of black and white.

[Safetgiver]

None....Ahh, I think I meant Zero....Shit can’t say that either....voila?

[onedoug]

At this rate these games will go on all day.

[hattend]

nagger please!

[OrangeHoof]

Since the NFL is about 70% African-American, I suspect that the N-word is said more often by N-words to other N-words which I thought was not offensive (aka the “Richard Pryor rule”). So does this mean that the penalty only comes when whites or Latinos use the N-word? If so, isn’t that discriminatory?

And, besides, what white fool is going to use the N-word when he’s decidedly outnumbered and is going to have to shower with multiple N-words after the game?

And what if the offender claims he was misquoted?

Plus with at least one gay player in the NFL next year, should they ban gay slurs too? I’m guessing the c-s-word gets set a lot in the heat of battle. Will that be considered a gay slur since most gays s- c-?

They could be spending more time marching off penalties than playing football.

[FreedomGuru]

Ban the letter "N"
No more "n" word.
No more NFL, how about WFL for Wussie Football League?

[SunkenCiv]

So, will be enforced across the board? And what about the term “Redskin”?

[Farmer Dean]

The penalty for saying faggot will be death.Each team will be issued a portable guillotine.

[spodefly]

A penalty that applies to only the dozen or so whites left in the NFL, or to all skin colors?

[Malone LaVeigh]

Will we get to see an instant replay of the offending slur? Considering the noise level in the average stadium, I would not accept a penalty without proof.