You've established WRONG! The 5 yards, automatic first down is brand spanking new. It's designed to facilitate more and easier offensive productions, because 43 - 8.
I wonder when they're going to penalize illegal picks route... :hmm:
I'll wait till the cows to come home.
No. It has always been 5 yards and an automatic first down. There hasn't been any change except they are ramping up enforcement, similar to how they did in the late 90s / early 2000s.
So, if you really want to bitch about this being a Peyton Manning rule, I'd go back to the 2004 AFC Championship. That has been cited as a big reason the penalty started to surge. The NFL this year has started enforcing this rule even more, but it has always been there. The refs aren't adding new penalties (this is fucking pass interference; you're lucky it isn't first down at the spot of the foul), they are enforcing long standing rules people have been ignoring.
I take it you haven't watched much basketball. Shaq had great touch and good footwork. Yes it helped he was a monster but he was not without a serious amount of skill.
And with every post you make in this thread, it proves further you have no idea about high level football, or any sport, for that matter. While any professional athlete has the physical gifts required in different sports, they don't have the skills. If you actually think being a professional football player doesn't take extreme skill, you are a moron and have never played football in any capacity.
Also, Shaq would be a terrible football player. He would get stood up by every OL in the league on defense. He might have a chance as an OL, except nobody could see over his big ass and the taller someone is, the worse their knees, in terms of football.