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I am a rampant, if sometimes old-school, computer geek. It shows when I get involved with an article headed to AfD here: my Usenet background leads to a discuss-first, vote-later philosophy, from the practice of RFDs and CFVs (Requests for
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35, 35, and 40, respectively. Akin to other comparison articles, I envision two tables: one with general rules differences (goalpost width, hash marks, missed field goals, try-for-point distance, etc.) and one with penalty enforcement differences (pass interference, holding, intentional grounding,
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