No. they are in effect. The issue with the Game Day thread is the real time nature of the comments. It is extremely difficult to catch everything that would go against the guidelines with that frequency posts.
I'll add that the mods/admins are Saints fans as well, and we want to watch and enjoy the game, not spend that time policing grownups who should be able to at least marginally control the way they express their emotions.
If you can't tell, the game day thread is a bit of a sore subject to me.