The following are the rules, bylaws and resolutions that are part of the agenda for the NFL owners meeting, currently taking place in Orlando:
Playing Rules Proposals Summary
1. By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the playing rule that changes the spot of the next snap after a touchback resulting from a free kick to the 25-yard line.
2. By Competition Committee; Changes standard for a catch.
3. By Competition Committee; Makes the penalties for Illegal Batting & Kicking the same.
4. By Los Angeles Chargers; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add fouls for
roughing the passer and fouls against players in a defenseless posture as reviewable plays in the instant replay system.
5. By Washington; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add review of personal fouls as reviewable plays in the instant replay system.
6. By New York Jets; Amends Rule 8, Section 5, Articles 1-4 to change the enforcement
for defensive pass interference.
7. By Competition Committee; Authorizes the designated member of the Officiating
department to instruct on-field game officials to disqualify a player for a flagrant non-football act when a foul for that act is called on the field.
8. By Competition Committee; Conforms the amount of time in which a team must
challenge a play if there is a television commercial break following the play in question.
9. By Competition Committee; Eliminates the requirement that a team who scores a
winning touchdown at the end of regulation of a game to kick the extra point or go for two-point conversion.
10. By Competition Committee; If there is a turnover, a team may win an overtime game, even though it scores on its second possession.
Bylaw Proposals Summary
1. By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the liberalization of rules for timing,
testing, and administering physical examinations to draft-eligible players at a club’s
facility.
2. By Buffalo; For one year only, amends Article XVII, Section 17.4 to liberalize the
rule for reacquisition of a player assigned via waivers.
3. By Buffalo; For one year only, amends Article XVII, Section 17.6 to liberalize the
procedures for players placed on Reserve/Retired.
4. By Denver; Amends Article XVII, Section 17.16 to permit clubs to trade
players from Reserve/Injured.
5. By Miami; Amends Article XVII, Section 17.1 to remove the requirement that a
non-vested player be placed on waivers to be removed from the 90-player roster
prior to the roster reduction to 53 players.
6. By Minnesota; Amends Article XVIII, Section 18.1 to replace the 10-day postseason
claiming period with a 24-hour period.
7. By San Francisco, Arizona, and Los Angeles Chargers; Reduces the competitive
equity that exists between teams who have morning body clock start times on long
road trips.
8. By Competition Committee; Permits coaches to review video displayed on League issued
tablets on the sidelines and in the coaches’ booth.
9. By Competition Committee; A player who is designated for return is eligible to be
activated after eight games, not eight weeks.
10. By Competition Committee; Lengthens the period to execute an Injury Settlement
from five business days to seven business days.
11. By Competition Committee; Changes the deadline to reinstate players from certain Reserve List categories.
12. By Competition Committee; Updates Reserve/Military List procedures to reflect the current League calendar.
Resolution Proposal Summary
G-1. By Washington; Allows opposing teams to receive the League’s postgame
responses to any officiating inquiries submitted by either team.
G-2. By San Francisco; Requires all NFL stadiums by 2021 to have three separate and
permanent locker rooms to be exclusively designated for female football staff on game days as follows: game officials, home club staff members, and visiting club staff
members.
G-4. By Competition Committee; Permits a club to negotiate and sign a head coach
candidate during the postseason prior to the conclusion of the employer club’s season.
G-5. By Competition Committee; For one year only, permits an interested club to contact a Vested Veteran before clubs have been notified of the player’s termination via the Player Personnel Notice if (i) the players is not subject to the Waivers System and, (ii) the employer club has publicly announced the player’s release.
Playing Rules Proposals
1. By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the playing rule that changes the spot of the next snap after a touchback resulting from a free kick to the 25-yard line.
2. By Competition Committee; Changes standard for a catch.
3. By Competition Committee; Makes the penalties for Illegal Batting & Kicking the same.
4. By Los Angeles Chargers; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add fouls for
roughing the passer and fouls against players in a defenseless posture as reviewable plays in the instant replay system.
5. By Washington; Amends Rule 15, Section 2, Article 5 to add review of personal fouls
as reviewable plays in the instant replay system.
6. By New York Jets; Amends Rule 8, Section 5, Articles 1-4 to change the enforcement
for defensive pass interference.
7. By Competition Committee; Authorizes the designated member of the Officiating
department to instruct on-field game officials to disqualify a player for a flagrant non-football act when a foul for that act is called on the field.
8. By Competition Committee; Conforms the amount of time in which a team must
challenge a play if there is a television commercial break following the play in question.
9. By Competition Committee; Eliminates the requirement that a team who scores a
winning touchdown at the end of regulation of a game to kick the extra point or go for two-point conversion.
10.By Competition Committee; If there is a turnover, a team may win an overtime game, even though it scores on its second possession.
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