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NFL to Dallas: Don't Move the Scoreboard

If a punter smacks it again, he gets a do-over

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 28, 2009 12:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – When a preseason punt hit the high-tech video screen at the Cowboys’ fancy new stadium, it prompted talk of moving the board. Now, the league says it can stay where it is, at least for this season, the Dallas Morning News reports. If another punter hits it—the team thinks the opposing kicker did it on a lark because it was preseason—the down will simply be played over.

The new scoreboard.
The new scoreboard.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Football fans watch pregame ceremonies in Dallas on Aug. 21.
Football fans watch pregame ceremonies in Dallas on Aug. 21.   (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)
Football fans walk up toward the new Dallas Cowboys stadium.
Football fans walk up toward the new Dallas Cowboys stadium.   (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 4 comments
NewserScooter
Aug 29, 2009 9:22 AM CDT
How do you know what party he is with?
nick
Aug 28, 2009 7:43 AM CDT
You, sir, are a partisan jerk. Your party is in a steep, soon to be nonreversible, moral decline!
Ucantusethatname
Aug 28, 2009 6:45 AM CDT
This is the first comment I've read worth censoring.

 
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