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Idk but I'd love to see OBJs gloves. I don't think he's using anything illegal but dayum look at some of those catches, some of them defy physics.

Exactly. Hence the thread. We've gone from bare-hands, to stick 'um, to baseball/golf gloves, to designed football gloves at every position it seems, to high-tech Batman gloves. Was very interested in others opinions concerning legality limits, talent v. high- tech, etc.

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It's not a big deal. Football is ENTERTAINMENT....no different than movies or music or whatever. It isn't some kind of holy religion or something. If it adds excitement to the game and its fair for both sides and not hurting the players I don't have a big problem. These types of catches put people in the seats and tuning into the games. I mean we see improvements in technology in all sports with shoes, golf clubs, rackets, braces etc so I see this as no different. Certainly it makes catching the ball much much easier...so saying who has the best hands in NFL history might be a hard question to answer but if it makes for a better brand of football and puts fans in the seats...don't see it as a problem.

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Idk but I'd love to see OBJs gloves. I don't think he's using anything illegal but dayum look at some of those catches, some of them defy physics.

 

I think the gloves help but if you think you or I could go out there and make catches like that if we had their gloves you are fooling yourself.

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Are high-tech gloves giving NFL WRs too much of a competitive edge?

Yes. They are 100 times more advantageous than stickum ever was. Beckham never makes that one handed catch last year without the gloves. I will try to find it but someone on that Beckham thread posted an article on how all the one-handed catches we see in the NFL came after the gloves were allowed. I will try to find it.

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Yes. They are 100 times more advantageous than stickum ever was. Beckham never makes that one handed catch last year without the gloves. I will try to find it but someone on that Beckham thread posted an article on how all the one-handed catches we see in the NFL came after the gloves were allowed. I will try to find it.

Thanks, am. Appreciate it.

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Yes. They are 100 times more advantageous than stickum ever was. Beckham never makes that one handed catch last year without the gloves. I will try to find it but someone on that Beckham thread posted an article on how all the one-handed catches we see in the NFL came after the gloves were allowed. I will try to find it.

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Yes they do. Any time a player is an eligible receiver they should be required to play bare handed. And no slathering on the Stickum, either!

Pft...they should have to wear boxing gloves. If you can catch a bullet pass wearing boxing gloves then you are legit.

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A few years ago i played in a flag football league. Went out and got new gloves and cleats....since I hadn't worn any since college. Neumann (sp?) Was the big brand back in my HS days (late 90s)...they were leather palmed and decent. I bought some Nike gloves and they actually stuck together! I couldn't believe they were legal. They helped for sure...but not when I dropped a wide open TD bomb. Sometimes those are the hardest to catch bc you have too much time to think "don't drop this pass", lol

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How is there a competitive edge if every WR is using them?

That's the point, and a good one. Does the NFL continue down the road of excelled equipment to better talent, or do they accept it at face value for what a player really exudes without the help of said equipment? Keep in mind, this not protection we're talking about. It's a good argument. As to which side of the fence fans fall upon, I guess, lies in the eye of the beholder.

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From someone who uses the gloves I have to say they definitely help but they don't make the receiver. I have a big set of hands so gloves or not I have always been able to catch the ball one handed like Odell it just took a lot more effort without the gloves and wasn't automatic where with the gloves it's pretty automatic now. 

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You ever put some of these gloves on...? They're incredible...I can catch a marble shot out of a cannon from 20 feet...

No, but velcro like gloves aren't gonna completely offset a WR or TE's feet placement in bounds in the back corner of the endzone are they? Catching the ball is only half the equation next to body control IMO. 

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Are high-tech gloves giving NFL WRs too much of a competitive edge?

I'll make you a deal CS. The gloves can stay in the league if the NFL rules committee loosens the leash on roughing the passer penalties. When will LBs & DEs be cut some slack on flags? Sigh. I know; I know. It will never happen while I'm alive unfortunately. 

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