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The NFL does not want any of their players who may or may not have previous gang ties to acknowledge their sets while taking part in NFL-sanctioned events. In order to combat this, they are going to start reviewing tape to determine whether or not players are flashing gang signs. The NFL has also hired gang experts to help them review the tapes.

Somehow, I feel Paul Pierce is to blame for this.

“We were always suspicious that [gang-related hand signals] might be happening,” said Mike Pereira, the NFL’s vice president of officiating, according to the report. “But the Paul Pierce thing is what brought it to light. When he was fined … that’s when we said we need to take a look at it and see if we need to be aware of it.”

Ahlerich said he does not believe the problem is widespread, but added that the league has spoken to some players — whom he declined to identify — about their use of hand signals, according to the report.

See, it was the Paul Pierce (non) incident that brought all this down. Whatever the case, if you are active in the NFL and want to send some love to the homies back on the block, make sure you don’t do it in the form of gang signs. Although, as Dennis Northcut pointed out, telling the difference between a gang sign and another type of greeting isn’t as easy as it seems:

“Guys come from all over the country, and who knows what they’re really doing?” Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Dennis Northcutt said, according to The Times’ report. “People have got signs for their kids, signs for their fraternities. How do you differentiate who’s really throwing up gang signs?

I guess that’s what the experts are for.

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Tags: Gang Signs, NFL Rules, Paul Pierce

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