What is the point of the quarterback kneel?

by user Pnatt

If quarterbacks wanna spend half their time on the football field kneeling, they should spend their Sundays in church instead!

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Fri 09/29/06, 5:25 am EST

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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oops I meant Quarterback KNEELING!!

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

1161 days ago

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What should the rule be? That a team has to pass the ball at the end of the game? i dont understand your question...? Why wouldnt it exist?

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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No, if a team does a QB kneel, the clock does not restart, simple...

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BigPPupMajor Leaguer

1161 days ago

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Its how you run out the clock, just lick kicking for touch at the end of a rugby game to end the game rather than running out the extra time.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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It's BS. The solution is simple. QB kneel, the clock does not restart.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

1161 days ago

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If they switch the rule that a kneel doesnt start the clock, then the team will just hand it off to a running back who will then fall straight down, do you also not want the clock to run if they do that?

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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No. The rules are gay...

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XinophDraft Pick

1157 days ago

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You're just the master of being offensive, aren't you?

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

1161 days ago

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So how will the game ever end if the clock doesnt start. Each play will take 8 seconds. A game will last 20 hours?

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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Oops, the clock should stop if a running back, INTENTIONALLY downs

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1161 days ago

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So I'm guessing this string of dumb questions is part of your ploy to stay "down in the rankings?"

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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No I'm just saying it's gay how a team can just run down the clock like that...

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Bball3345Draft Pick

1161 days ago

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That's a pretty weak argument. Do you have maybe a reason behind your statement?

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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The clock should stop

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1161 days ago

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Why would the clock stop?!

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Bball3345Draft Pick

1161 days ago

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So your defense of WHY the team shouldn't be allowed to run out the clock, is that the clock should stop??? That's not a defense, or a reason, that would be a solution. First, you have to explain why there is a problem before offering a solution.

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XinophDraft Pick

1157 days ago

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Stop being offensive and using minority terms as a negative.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

1161 days ago

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So then whats the difference. Teams will just hand it off to the running back who will fall down. Same result. Clock runs out. Why is that not B.S. while quaterback kneeling is? You can't mess up if a qback just takes three steps back hands it to a stationary running back, who then falls down.

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1161 days ago

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It's the same as giving the ball to the RB, only it's faster and it takes down the risk of injury.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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Delay of game penalty?

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

1161 days ago

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For running a play? Look, dude, this seems to be getting pretty heated in here. Maybe you should just agree to disagree with everyone else.

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1161 days ago

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I'm beggining to see why you chose the name "Pnatt." I think it's because it rhymes with Gnat which is a pest that keeps coming back and becoming increasingly annoying in its pursuit of whatever it's trying to get at. There's nothing debatable about this rule, let it go.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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No. It's a stupid rule. The clock should stop on an quarterback kneel. Until a 1st down results or a punt is taken...

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

1161 days ago

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Your solution wont change anything. Then the team would just hand it off and the running back would fall down.

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Bball3345Draft Pick

1161 days ago

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WHY? Do you just like to complain a lot or do you actually believe this stuff?

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1161 days ago

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So a QB kneels and the clock stops and he gets a first down? BRILLIANT!

You know what, Pnatt, you're right. You should rewrite all the rules in all the sports and get rid of ALL the "BS" and "gay" stuff out there! And make sure you keep down voting everyone out there that makes sense! Stay strong, brother! You will be the Sports King! All hail Pnatt! Ruler of all that is ungay and not BS! He has brought the nonsense we all needed! No more will soccer players aim for the goal! No longer with a 3-point shot be worth 3 points! Nevermore will a kicker be known as a kicker, nay, he shall now be known as a sous chef! Thank you Pnatt for your innovative thinking and nonsensical mind! The world is right in your hands!

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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Both. I just think it sucks how players can utilize loopholes in the rules so frequently.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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Both. I just think it sucks how players can utilize loopholes in the rules so frequently.

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Bball3345Draft Pick

1161 days ago

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You do realize, it wouldn't change the outcome of more than .001% of games. Otherwise, teams are just going to run the ball and the clock will end up running out.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

1161 days ago

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Bball, what's .001%? that's wrong math. haha! it should be .001 ratio or something

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Bball3345Draft Pick

1161 days ago

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i forgot, us Americans are too inferior to know the difference between a percentage and a ratio.

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XinophDraft Pick

1157 days ago

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You can have a fraction of a percentage, genius. There's nothing wrong with that.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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So there's no way that the rules could be changed to avoid the team in possession of the ball in the final 2-minutes of a half to kill the clock? That's all I want to know...

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Bball3345Draft Pick

1161 days ago

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Why shouldn't they be allowed to kill the clock? They have earned their lead and have regained possession, so all they have to do is avoid turning the ball over.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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it's cowardly. It's un-American (it should be if it isn't)

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1161 days ago

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The only thing un-American in this post is you, Pnatt, and I think all of us here in the US are very thankful for that.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1161 days ago

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I'm unAmerican, so I'll comment just to prove this point wrong! :)

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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well it's un-Australian

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Bias asideSoccer Kid

1161 days ago

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Teams play to win, and it works either way! Besides, if you changed that rule, then who is to say that a QB slips, his knee touches the ground, oops, no, WOW, he gets a free pass to get back up and complete a pass and change the outcome of the game. Hey, since QB's knees can touch the ground us wide recievers should be able to fall down and get up! Why not RB's? Hell, lets only stop the clock when someone runs out of bounds!! Pnatt, if you don't understand the rules to AMERICAN football, you can join the rest of us after last Saturday!!

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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Well why don't they just copy the rules from rugby, as soon as there's a tackle play must continue, none of this stopping play every tackle rubbish...

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

1161 days ago

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Why don't we get rid of all the sports except for rugby? Having all these different rules in different games is so dumb!

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RoblefkoLegend

1161 days ago

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If you copy all the rules from rugby, then the game wouldnt be football, it would be rugby!

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XinophDraft Pick

1157 days ago

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They did, at first. Then they improved them. Now we have American football. Seriously, dude, try using an encyclopedia at some point, get some basic history.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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That's not my point. My point is that American sports often corrupt the integrity of sports. Consider ice hockey. It's a uniquely Canadian sport and it's one of the greatest sports on the planet, but Americans poison the integrity of the NHL by buying Canadian team and relocating them to the desert or way south!! Ohh and baseball and gridiron ain't exactly the most exciting sports on the planet. Both American. And basketball is more exciting and it was invented by a Canadian. Shows how much Americans really care about sport.

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1161 days ago

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So write a legitimate article with some actual content critiquing American sports and stop the dumb, nit-picky arguments that just makes you look like either a) a jack ass looking for attention or b) a complete idiot that doesn't understand the basic rules of sports.

On another note, you're never going to get a decent coversation about anything if you keep downvoting everyone that responds to you, even when they're sincere. Talk about unsportmanlike and corrupt integrity.

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

1161 days ago

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af#2, great stuff up there. All hail, pnatt, too funny.

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

1161 days ago

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Crikeys, Pnatt. Enough with the minuses already. By the way, I just heard that the nfl is buying the NRL and the AFL and relocating all the franchises to the good ole USA. Next stop, Premiership. Oh, wait, we already control ManU and Aston Villa.

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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pffft you guys don't like our game anyway

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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So there's no way that the rules could be changed to avoid the team in possession of the ball in the final 2-minutes of a half to kill the clock? That's all I want to know...

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

1161 days ago

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Seattle Swans does have a nice ring to it, you know...

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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Chicago Swans you.....

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1161 days ago

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Is Pnatt the Australian version of Bart Simpson (remember when Bart hurt US-Aussie relations by telling the Aussie to check the way his toilet flushed?)

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Bias asideSoccer Kid

1160 days ago

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they flush the same way, counter-clockwise...

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PnattRed-Shirting

1161 days ago

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yeah it seems that way!!

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