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Re: General Discussions

Reply #2715 –
Anyone seen the list of restricted items and bag rules for the NRL (Gridiron) game?
Very restricted,  no food or drink, no solid drink bottles, must be soft plastic and empty.
No ipads, binoculars (unless small). Bags of only a small size and must be clear. Etc etc
Bring in rules like this to AFL games and i hand in my membership I think.

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2716 –
Quote from: deepbluesee – on
Anyone seen the list of restricted items and bag rules for the NRL (Gridiron) game?
Very restricted,  no food or drink, no solid drink bottles, must be soft plastic and empty.
No ipads, binoculars (unless small). Bags of only a small size and must be clear. Etc etc
Bring in rules like this to AFL games and i hand in my membership I think.

NRL is rugby.

Gridiron is the NFL.

re ipads and binoculars.....thats because they can be used to help teams on the ground. Teams have ipads, but for pictures only, no video allowed. Showing video of how a play was run, and being able to 'draw' on the screen to illustrate such things is a valuable learning tool for teams.
The binoculars is probably due to 'sign stealing' and lip reading.
There's a good doco on why this is a thing and how it helps teams by 'cheating' and reading opposition plays.

You'll notice coaches calling plays to the QB via a headset, when he does so, he covers his mouth with the play card so you can't read his lips.....because people are 100% trying.


As for the food, drink and bags......not sure if thats an NFL thing, or if its a terrorist thing.
I didn't have those problems when i saw NFL matches in the US.
Who knows.