TFL BULLY PULPIT: Special Teams

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Special Teams

In the most lopsided voting the TFL has had in quite some time the league voted 90%-10% to have kick return coverages be of the same NFL team as the kicker. And punt return coverages to be of the same team as the punter.

We will all use the same penalty card. The Commissioner will select each season the penalty card of the team which has the fewest combined total of penalties and opp. penalties. That team for the 2008 NFL season was the New England Patriots.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bully_pulpit

A bully pulpit is a public office of sufficiently high rank that provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter. The bully pulpit can bring issues to the forefront that were not initially in debate, due to the office's stature and publicity.

This term was coined by President Theodore Roosevelt, who referred to the American presidency as a "bully pulpit," by which he meant a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda. Roosevelt famously used the word bully as an adjective meaning "superb" or "wonderful" (a more common expression in his time than it is today); the term has no relationship to the noun bully, i.e. a harasser or someone who intimidates.

Unfortunately, due to the archaic nature of the adjective "bully" and the religious symbolism of the word pulpit (the elevated platform used by a preacher), this phrase is often misunderstood as a pejorative. This misinterpretation implies intimidation and, possibly, an abuse of authority. An example of this would be the sentence: "He uses his job as a bully pulpit, regaling his subordinates with his political opinions as part of their morning meetings."

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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