Blog 4: NFL Evolution

This video takes us through the "NFL Evolution" that has taken place over time and is continuing to take place.  Throughout this video, please pay attention to the little details in penalties that have come about and have been made rules. Also note how different the NFL has become in the past 108 years that football has been around. The National Football League has created this video in order to promote the current and coming rule changes. Therefore, the source is very credible considering it is the highest authority on all things football. This video is relevant because it shows how te league has changed the rules over time which is directly related to my topic.

The general argument made by the NFL in their work NFL Evolution commercial video is that the NFL is evolving into a better, newer, safer, and more entertaining National Football League. 

 In The video, the NFL shows how the game has changed for the better over the years. In conclusion, the NFL's belief is that they are changing the game for the better to protect their players. In my view, they're right and wrong, because although they are changing the NFL rules, the video only shows how the NFL has corrected penalties that NEEDED to be corrected. They aren't showing the things they've corrected that didn't need correction. More specifically, I believe that the numerous new penalties need to be reviewed for their actual reasoning behind why they were put in the game. For example, the targeting penalty must be reviewed. Although the NFL disagrees, I believe that they at least need to stop ejections and when reviewing the play take off the penalty as well. Therefore, I conclude that this video is inspirational and can definitely show how the NFL is improving its design and rules, but there are things that still need to be corrected and possibly changed back. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.