This isn't likely to happen, because this isn't really as big a deal (or as uncommon) as it's being made out to be and there'll be more important rule issues to deal with, but... maybe the Competition Committee should consider revising the "Tasker Rule:

There's a lot of gray area as it is in interpreting whether a gunner goes out of bounds intentionally to avoid a block, or is forced out by blockers. Then, more gray area interpreting whether he came back onto the field of play "immediately."

How about this simple: he can not advance more than three yards (or five, or ten, whatever, some specific yardage) while outside the field of play. If he does, throw the flag. Make it a simple technical point, don't have the officials trying to determine intent or cause and effect.

Oh boo fucking hoo he was hurt playing football, while running out of bounds. The coaches did not run out onto the field and clothesline him. Fuck him, the Dolphins and their pussy ass fans. The real issue here is just how fucking shitty Sanchez has been playing, dropped passes, and shitty coaching.

Does anyone one seriously believe Sal Alosi came up with this idea on his own? It definitely goes up higher maybe not up to the head coach but I wouldn't be surprised if the wall was Rex's idea. I mean, couldn't everyone, including Rex and the rest of the coaching staff, see that there was a row of guys standing in a perfect row precisely on the sideline?

Steve Tasker, of the Bills in the early 90s, ran out of bounds all of the time. The NFL implemented the "Tasker Rule", which made running out of bounds illegal.

Even in the early 90s, teams would do stuff like this to stop him from running upfield. It's not anyone on the Jets idea, and its not against the rules.

Yep, it wasn't against the rules... until he extended his knee.

Up til then, they were in the coaching box. Technically there was a violation there, because some of those involved were inactive players. Only coaching and staff and substituting players should be in that box; anyone else should be in the team area behind it.

But a lot of the commentary about this online implies that they were right at the field at play, as if barely out of bounds if at all. Even when looking at the pics like the one above, it seems like a lot of people think that the Miami player is about where he's supposed to be. He's not; that white border is six feet wide. Only officials and the chain crew should be there (that's why it's there, for their safety).

Nolan Carroll wasn't "running down the sideline," he was running six feet away from the field of play.

Its not exactly a brilliant idea, I don't see why Alosi couldn't have thought it up himself

He could have thought of the idea by himself, like you said it's not a brilliant or even original idea but no strength and conditioning coach is going to put his job on the line to orchestrate something like this on his own and even if he did everyone on that side line is going to see it happen so it was a silent consent.

If he hadn't stuck his knee out and ESPN saw what they were doing they probably would have run a half hour special on how smart the Jets are for using a completely legal tactic to stop the other team from doing something illegal.

Nothing wrong with that. They were standing where they're allowed to stand. The gunner was breaking the rules by running upfield while out of bounds.

Sticking your knee out to intentionally knock someone over is wrong. This is not.

Exactly. To act like Sal Alosi thought this up is ridiculous. This isn't wrong at all.

This is the classless Jets throwing one of their own under the bus.

It's not wrong as in it's not against the rules but it is bush league, like A-Rod yelling "ha!" when Howie Clark was under the pop fly.

I don't know. They only did it in reaction to a player who consistently breaks the rules by running out of bounds. I'm the last person in the world to defend the Jets, but I don't see a problem here. This is only a big deal because it's in the context of the player getting hurt.