NFL Playoffs: Just Another Hairbrain Idea

By Allen Bacon
Editor
Bosco: The Blog

So I'm watching my team the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Playoffs last night. Before I go any further, for you that don't know me...you may ask how does a guy that lives in Southern California become a Jacksonville Jaguar fan?

First of all, you might have noticed that we have no NFL team in the Greater Los Angeles/Orange County area. We used to have a team...the Los Angeles Rams. I loved the Rams. Roman Gabriel, the Fearsome Foursome, George Allen, Dick "Nighttrain" Lane, Eric Dickerson, Vince Ferragamo, etc. etc....what's not to like? Then Georgia cuts our hearts out and moves the team from Anaheim to St. Louis. I hate the Rams now. I can't stand the Rams. The other team we had here was just renting the stadium apparently until they expanded the Oakland Coliseum into the wonderful ediface it is today.

I have a hard time becoming a San Diego Charger fan even though they are the closest geographically to me. Or a San Diego anything fan. It would end my long-running friendly feud with my good friend Michael Gronfein who is from San Diego and bleeds Charger Baby Blue and Padre Sand (or whatever that Godawful color they have on their road unis).

So I became a Jaguar fan because my Sister In Law is from Jacksonville and it gave me a team to identify with. Realize my excitement when not to long ago there was some talk of the Jags moving to LA.

Anway, back to the point. So I'm noticing this trend of guys having long dred locks flowing out of the back of their helmets down to their waist almost. And I'm thinking, isn't that dangerous. Hey, I love dredlocks more that the next guy and if I actually had hair, I would have them, but in an NFL game? Isn't it possible that somebody could actually, accidentally, pull on your hair and yank your head off.

Then what really got me upset is that one of my guys with dredlocks makes a great interception, falls close to the sideline and gets up and runs another 20 yards down the field. The whole thing is called back because he was rulled out of bounds because his hair, and only his hair was out of bounds!

This guy, in a tight game, which it ended up being, could have cost us the game. And then he's laughing about it afterwards like it's a joke.

Never mind the fact that the NFL should institute a restriction on this. Why are the coaches not making the players wrap their dredlocks and put underneath their helmet or better off cut them off for the season. After last night, it could have cost the Jags a chance to advance.