Except it's a great idea. Gives fans at the game more time to go to the bathroom/get concessions and get back to their seats, and there are less overall interruptions. Each break being 30 seconds longer will be barely noticeable, but having fewer breaks total will definitely be noticeable.
As they should've from the start: You can have a "free" (once you score a TD) single point, or go double or nothing trying to reach the end zone again from the 2.
Clear, simple, flexible and (unlike moving kicks to the 15) not arbitrary. I still want to know how they decided kicks are bad from the 2 but fine from the 15. Why not the 20? Or the 30? Why not the 23.86063 yard line? Makes as much sense as the 15 or any other random number.
As to the other popular topic of discussion here: Back when The Hidden Game of Football suggested "just make a TD=7 pts," it further noted one reason they won't do that is because the time when teams are swapping their offense for their PAT team is when networks show the umpteen obligatory multi-angle TD replays. If they couldn't do it then they'd have to cut into the post-TD ads to show replays, and "TV gives up commercials about as easily as the Russian army gave up Stalingrad."
Last edited by Joel; 03-28-2017 at 01:27 PM.
Oh, valid point. I thought you meant all starters, you should take the time to be more descriptive, don't be shy. —Jaded
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Ian RapoportVerified account @RapSheet 2m2 minutes ago
The @NFL's no leaping rule for field goals passed, I'm told. Not a surprise. All about player safety
ProFootballTalkVerified account @ProFootballTalk 7m7 minutes ago
Per source, the rule to shrink OT to 10 minutes was tabled. There were nine teams opposed to it.
Mike GarafoloVerified account @MikeGarafolo 28m28 minutes ago
Proposal to put the ball at the 20 if the kicker puts it through the uprights got 11 votes. Not enough. That proposal is ... no good.
Ian RapoportVerified account @RapSheet 28m28 minutes ago
The NFL rule on automatic ejections for egregious hits to the head was approved. Sounds like the competition committee expected this
Oh man, I can't wait to see all the triggered outrage when the first guy gets ejected for targeting. It's going to be glorious.
I thought so too, because it's really hard to tell what the hell they're talking about there. The best I could find on Twitter was this, when someone asked if spiking the ball would be "illegal" under that wording:
Fᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ ZᴇʙʀᴀsVerified account @footballzebras 7m7 minutes ago
Fᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ Zᴇʙʀᴀs Retweeted Chaches Sr.
That is still legal. Rule change is the 10-sec runoffs (false start, grounding, injuries) that are at 1:00 to go in half are now at 2:00 wng
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