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Scurrilous

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Thu Apr-15-10 01:38 PM
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Eye black messages banned

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"Did former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow's eye black messages lead to NCAA legislation banning the activity?

Eye black with messages and wedge blocks will be banned in college football next season. And taunting penalties could cost teams points in 2011.

All three measures were approved by the NCAA on Thursday."

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20100415/ARTICLES/100419622

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trumad

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Thu Apr-15-10 02:49 PM
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1. I called this here on DU months ago....

It was an easy call.....

Wait until St. Tebow leaves and then Bam, no more eye makeup. The NCAA simply didn't want to offend the Jesus lovers while Tebow was playing...

It was a matter of time before some player wore eye makeup with a message from the Koran---which I wish happened before the ban.

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Upton

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Thu Apr-15-10 10:45 PM
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8. You called this here on DU months ago ?

What do you want...some kind of medal?

I know, we'll give you a badge that says "Amateur Detective" :rofl:

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trumad

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Fri Apr-16-10 06:05 AM
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9. Ahh the troll Cboy rears his fat little head.

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Auggie

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Thu Apr-15-10 02:51 PM
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2. Good

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1gobluedem

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Thu Apr-15-10 03:56 PM
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3. Too little too late, unfortunately

St. Tebow got away with it scot-free, pulling all kinds of national attention along the way. I suppose there is no such ban in the NFL and he'll continue.

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Auggie

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Thu Apr-15-10 04:10 PM
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4. Could be a matter of team policy too.

If I was a coach or team owner I wouldn't allow it. Where do you draw the line?

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Bluzmann57

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:48 PM
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5. Most likely there is a ban on that in the NFL

The NFL won't even allow guys to wear their shirts outside their pants, so it is likely that they also ban eyeblack messages, especially those that may offend a lot of potential fans.

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Poiuyt

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Thu Apr-15-10 08:38 PM
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6. Now Tebow can't promote his new savior

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Capt. America

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Thu Apr-15-10 09:52 PM
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7. No taunting? What will the SEC do? I assume the SEC refs will allow them to still classlessly dive

into the end zone when no defenders are around.

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