NFL To "Liberalize" Creating Crowd Noise In 2012

[SteveRobWhatever]

Many people have complained about some of the things that go on during an NFL game, such as lack of replays and the PA announces not doing a very good job of getting the crowd hyped up and into the game. With the drop in attendance across the board over the past few seasons, the NFL has decided to pull back on those restrictions and promote a more "wild stadium". Per the Wall Street Journal: "The at-home experience has gotten better and cheaper, while the in-stadium experience feels like it hasn't," said Eric Grubman, the NFL's executive vice president of ventures and business operations. "That's a trend that we've got to do something about." In hopes that professional football can mimic the wild stadium atmosphere typical of college football games, the NFL says it has "liberalized" its restraints on crowd noise. Stadiums will now be free to rile up crowds with video displays, and public-address announcers will no longer be restrained from inciting racket when the opposing offense faces a crucial third down.

Source: SBNation.com

[Buck Fenson]

remember back in the day it was like that. then panties got wadded and they made it harder for it to be a home field advantage.

[Saintsfan1972]

I remember when teams would get penalized for crowd noise

[86WARD]

Originally Posted by Saintsfan1972

I remember when teams would get penalized for crowd noise

I remember that too...perhaps the dumbest thing the NFL has ever done?

[Saintsfan1972]

Originally Posted by 86WARD

I remember that too...perhaps the dumbest thing the NFL has ever done?

pretty far up there on the list