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Fishflakes24 t1_jacouk7 wrote

Reply to comment by HorizonZeroFucks in Tottenham fan arrested after homophobic ‘rent boy’ chant plagues Chelsea match by rejs7

Look at it this way, when Obama was in power he could have introduced laws which restricted free speech in the name of hate speech. Maybe he bans a few words and phrases no one like and life goes on. But then 8 years later his term is up and he hands over to Donald Trump. Now Obama is no longer deciding who can say what, Trump is. Do you think he would have used this power well?

What is and isn't offensive isn't fact, it's opinion. What some people see as a funny joke others see as hate speech and you shouldn't make laws based on opinions, they need to be based on facts.

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9yr0ld t1_jacni7r wrote

Reply to comment by Lumpyyyyy in [Ari Meirov] The NFL competition committee is expected to have discussions about the third QB rule, which would allow teams to have an emergency QB in uniform (a 47th active player) on gamedays, in case of a worst case scenario situation (like the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game). by IrwinRSchyster1

they aren't exactly average Joe's. the Zamboni driver played hockey at a high level, just not professionally. any backup QB would be a decent QB, just not a professional player.

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IronManTim t1_jacmsh5 wrote

Reply to [Ari Meirov] The NFL competition committee is expected to have discussions about the third QB rule, which would allow teams to have an emergency QB in uniform (a 47th active player) on gamedays, in case of a worst case scenario situation (like the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game). by IrwinRSchyster1

They used to have an emergency QB, but they made it a regular roster spot and teams chose not to use that for the 3rd QB, right?

Just expand the active rosters entirely. The game is specialized enough where going to say 53 players wouldn't be a problem.

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Quadstriker t1_jacmj8v wrote

Reply to [Ari Meirov] The NFL competition committee is expected to have discussions about the third QB rule, which would allow teams to have an emergency QB in uniform (a 47th active player) on gamedays, in case of a worst case scenario situation (like the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game). by IrwinRSchyster1

Maybe have a 3rd QB active if you want a 3rd QB, or maybe protect your first two better. Either way they reaped what they sowed.

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DFWPunk t1_jaclwnw wrote

Reply to [Ari Meirov] The NFL competition committee is expected to have discussions about the third QB rule, which would allow teams to have an emergency QB in uniform (a 47th active player) on gamedays, in case of a worst case scenario situation (like the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game). by IrwinRSchyster1

You mean the rule the teams rejected instead wanting to be able to have another player of their choice?

Sorry, but zero sympathy for the fact teams have chosen not to carry 3 QBs.

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chefhj t1_jacig6d wrote

Reply to comment by userwithusername in [Ari Meirov] The NFL competition committee is expected to have discussions about the third QB rule, which would allow teams to have an emergency QB in uniform (a 47th active player) on gamedays, in case of a worst case scenario situation (like the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game). by IrwinRSchyster1

Im reminded of that sketch from Rick and morty where a dude has to gladiator fight a car

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BLAGTIER t1_jach4s4 wrote

Reply to comment by NobodyLikesthePens in New Zealand defeat England by 1 run in the 2nd Test Match at Wellington by IntoThePeople

So a test match is 2 innings. Each innings a team bats and bowls. The goal of the bowling team is to get 10 batter's wickets(or outs).

So team A bats then team B bats for the first innings. Then that happens again in the second innings. Both scores each team makes in each innings is added to see who wins.

The length is because their is no limit to the amount of balls a team can face. A team can bat all day and then come back the next day and keep batting as long as they didn't lose 10 wickets. Wickets are rare in cricket so it takes days to go through each team's batters. There is a 5 day limit on test matches and if a team hasn't won when the time runs out it is a draw.

There is limited overs cricket. They have a maximum number of balls a team can face and just one innings(one turn a bat per team). These games are resolved within a day.

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