May 24th, 2011 / Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NFL will punish teams next season if their players commit multiple flagrant hits that result in fines.
The punishment will be financial, although league vice president Adolpho Birch said Tuesday he didn't rule out commissioner Roger Goodell applying further sanctions such as stripping clubs of draft choices.SNIP
The 32 owners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve rules amendments for player safety, including a measure aimed at keeping a player from launching himself into a defenseless opponent. A 15-yard penalty will result for anyone who leaves both feet before contact to spring forward and upward into an opponent and delivers a blow to the helmet with any part of his helmet.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6583638I agree with this, especially punishing teams and not individual players, though enforcing the rule will certainly be open to interpretation and controversy, as most rules are.