is the nfl regulated by the us government?
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Although the govenment is trying to regulate them, they are on their own, and rule themselves like any other private company. Of course, there are govenment regulations that apply, but not exclusively just to NFL.
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No. And I hope they never will. Let them stick to their ripoff games.\n\nAmerican Football (????why football???) is almost the same as Rugby League.
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Because if you love the game, you trust the regulations and the league.  Like you trust the laws.  Can the laws be beaten or broken?  Yes, but would you trust and follow it?\n\nIf you really think your souce is correct, you should send your sources to MLB, to Congress, or other law department.  I believe it's a better way to make things better.  Otherwise, it's just a non-proven source.  Just like the magzine I read last week, about aliens would invade Earth in a month.
784012
No.  You can try this instead though:\n\nhttp://fanchallenge.nfl.com/
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Football, as a genre, has been around for hundreds of years.  The current version of the game played in America was first played in the 1870's
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Many years ago American footballs were made of pig bladders. However current NFL footballs are made by Wilson and are made from cowhide lined with a two ply butyl rubber bladder to make it airtight. Pig "skin" was actually never used. \n\nThe standard football, referred to by Americans as a soccer ball, is made of a polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride outer coat, with a rubber or synthetic rubber lining. Rumor has it that ancient Brits used human heads for footballs. That would be a tough game!
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They do,\n\nNo NFL player gets paid from their contract if they get injured from a risky activity besides football.  All of the contracts have that stipulation in them
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It was originally put into place in 2004.\nThe owners adopted a 15-yard penalty for excessive celebrations, the penalty will be in addition to fines previously in place for choreographed and multiplayer celebrations such as Joe Horn's hidden cell phone trick and Terrell Owens' end-zone autograph.\nhttp://www.nfl.com/news/story/7221738\n\n\nIt was modified this year :\nRule expanded to say:  Stay on your feet. No more push-ups, sit-ups, boat-rowing, snow angels or worm crawls.  The rulesmakers also outlawed using the ball as a prop, adding it to the "foreign or extraneous objects that are not part of the uniform."\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12070684/\n\n\nIf you are really looking for the history of the rule.  Back in 1984 a rule was introducted that said:\nUnsportsmanlike conduct will also by called for any prolonged, excessive, or premeditated celebration by individual players or a group of players. This is usually referred to as the "Mark Gastineau Rule" because a major reason why this change was made was to stop him from performing his signature "Sack Dance" every time after he sacked an opposing quarterback.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_NFL_season
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Of course it is fair. The NFL is a private commercial enterprise designed for profit. They have the right to license their rights just as EA has the right to pay for exclusivity. Without exclusivity, EA couldn't afford to invest nearly as much in development meaning their games would be inferior. In this case, the consumer benefits from this simple monopoly. There are so many other entertainment & video game options the consumer isn't hurt by there being a limit to NFL games.
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I assume that you are talking about the players.  In that case it is baseball.  The NFL has a salary cap.  You don't see any football players signing $200 million dollar contracts like in baseball (Alex Rodriguez)
98607
No its like grabbing hair and thats legal in the NFL.
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It differs from state to state. For example, in Kentucky, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission regulates horseracing. There does not appear to be a federal regulation system, though two organizations which are not part of the government do regulate the industry, The National Thoroughbred Racing Association and The Association Of Racing Commissioners International.
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Yes I think it is. I don't think it would cause problems for the refs though. I think that they shouldn't make an exception and I don't think that they should change the rules. Honestly how would the refs think he is a QB. He will be running different postions and the Refs hopefully have enough of a brain to know the difference by postion. The point though is that the NFL assigns numbers in a certain way. It is for the Fans, the Refs, and the Announcers basically. It also keeps it from the confusion in college where it well just pick a number that isn't retired. Assigning a set of numbers to a postion makes it easy. Then add in that these players are around a lot longer it makes sense to want guidelines.
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American Football (as this category relates to) is the style the play in the NFL, colleges, high schools, etc.  The Football that this question relates to is known as Soccer in the states.  As such, this question was placed in the wrong section.
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The rules can be found at the link below.  This is for football (soccer).  If you're referring to American football, the rules are at http://www.nfl.com/features/rulebook.
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beacuse in america football is played by hands thats why they cannot call it football
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Derived from the English game of rugby, American football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp, player and coach at Yale University.