How many of you knew those two rules about that touchdown?

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First rule that the goalline goes around the world.....

Second that a part of the body must pass over the pylon....

I knew about the goalline going around the world thing but was a little bit fuzzy about body parts going over the pylon....

So if someone like Ricky Williams has a mop hanging out the back of his helmet, and it crosses the pylon like Vick's hand did....it's a touchdown?

Come on guys....Who honestly knew those rules......????

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I knew...most players don't know though because if you watch when guys dive for the pylon a lot of times they reach the BALL to the inside to make sure it goes across the field of play, when that doesn't even have to happen
 

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Unfortunately, it's an Al Michaels staple. That and the ridiculous rule about getting a free kick after a fair catch with no time left on the clock. It seems that both come up every other week or so.
 

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Jim Nantz must watch a lot of MNF because he was all over it in the Dallas/KC game on Sunday. The problem was, it would not have applied in the situation that Nantz was discussing, but he seemed to take Al Michaels-like pleasure in ranting about this obscure rule.

A lot of these obscure rules can be traced back to the origins of football and you can see a lot of them in other earlier forms of football like rugby and Australian Rules. For example, in the early, early days of american football, the only way to score was to kick it through the uprights, like in Australian Rules. If you get the ball the length of the field (touchdown), you earned the right to attempt a kick. The touchdown itself had no value. We continue that tradition now with the point after try. Similarly, one is entitled to a free kick in Australian Rules if a catch is made on the fly.

Another rule that came up on MNF (pre-Al Michaels) is that, at one time, one could kick (punt) the ball from anywhere on the field, even beyond the line of scrimmage. This can be traced back to some of the earlier forms of football. I think it was Danny White who did it (but I could be wrong), but he took off on a fake punt and got over the line of scrimmage. When he realized that he was not going to make the first down, he rugby kicked it over the defense. I'm not sure if it's still allowed today. I was fairly young at the time, but I have faint recollection.
 

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