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stillers4me
03-22-2011, 05:35 AM
A proposal to expand protection for defenseless players may not get the vote of Art Rooney II at the NFL owners meetings.

Rooney, the Steelers president, said Monday that he has reservations about one of three major rules changes proposed by the league's competition committee because of the onus it would put on referees.

"Everybody's for safety and trying to do what we can to make to make the game as safe as we possibly can," Rooney said. "The other side of that is you have to have a game where it's possible to officiate consistently game in and game out. The more judgment calls you put on them, the more difficult it comes. ".............

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