What's so fucked up about that, is that, according to what Al Del Greco said this morning, the NFL is also profiting by selling pics of this "fineable/too violent" hit. Just repeating what I heard, so I don't know details.
But yes, what you say is fact...don't know how they're going to enforce this yet...time will tell.
They ended up taking that picture down.
It's obviously all about money - protecting the star players. I think the NFL is showing their greed with this new ruling. "Everyone is still going to keep supporting and watching the NFL."
I must say, as a huge NFL fan, I really lose interest in a regular season game when I see one of those lame roughing the passer penalties. These are nothing like the ones you see in college...you literally can't tackle a quarterback too hard or else you'll get hit with 15 yards. I think imposing even more suspensions/penalties for big hits will hurt the league.
If the NFL really wants to stop injuries and concussions, perhaps they should look more closely at some good PED tests. Human beings aren't supposed to weigh 260 pounds and still run a 4.5 40.