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This week, their have been a quite of few reports saying that the Kansas City Chiefs have proposed a rule that says that a player cannot have hair covering their nameplate.My reactions to this, first of all, they're trying to protect their player, Larry Johnson who, 2 years ago, tackled Troy Polamalu by his hair, hung onto it, and afterwards was fined. Now, this part of the story is stupid because the Chiefs are, again, trying to protect their player from doing something stupid like that again, by taking away the players' freedom of how long their hair is. And I know it doesn't say that they don't have to actually "cut" their hair, but they'd have to tuck it under their helmet so they keep it out of the way of their nameplate. But now really, what other excuse could they possibly have to make this rule change. If this rule goes through, this will officially make it the "No Fun League". I mean, you already have strict rules about how the players' length of their towels on their pants should be, and how they can't celebrate with their team after a TD. As Kyle Turley said on Mike and Mike said, what's next? Players can't have tattoos? This is ridiculous. It's kinda like saying that everyone in the NFL must wear a certain helmet, no matter how uncomfortable it is. Because that's what it would be like for some players to cut or tuck their hair. Me, personally, I have lengthy hair, not as long as guys like Polamalu or Rashean Mathis, but yea, I long my hair long. It feels good, kinda creepy sounding, but it does. And that's not why everyone has long hair. Troy Polamalu has his long as a tribute to his Samoan heritage (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=granderson/080327). Again, this issue is more than just hair, it's about what our whole country is SUPPOSED to be about, freedom. And I don't think I'm being dramatic saying that. Also, as Turley said in his interview, I think the NFL, even though it is the most popular sport in the nation, it could be even more popular if they would reinstate the "fun" TD celebrations, and keep the hair rule the same. Honestly, is it really that bad to have a celebration like oh I don't know, throwing snow up in the air like Brandon Marshall did last year. Cause really, it's actually less harmless than jumping up into the crowd, unless there's a piece of ice in the snow. But I really don't see what the difference is between being bald, and having Polamalu hair, other than what it actually looks like and that the guy with long hair has more of a target to get tackled by. I honestly don't see any problem with long hair in the NFL. It truly is a symbol of freedom.

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