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NFL rules changes

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buckeyebri said:
Keep pumpkining around with the game Goodell. You're doing a great job of making it close to unwatchable with the pussification of the receiver and QB positions, the subpar and unaccountable refereeing, and the what is reviewable and what isn't bull[Mark May]....
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Between this and the hour+ of commercials every broadcast I have no idea how people can still sit down and focus on an NFL game.
 
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So a team is down by more than a touchdown and needs to make up points, they go for an "extra" point or miss out on a "free" point. Is this where Bert got his math card?

Screw it: if a team is inside the 10 yard line, give them 3 points. Or they can try for the goal line, and receive 8 points. But if they don't cross the goal line, 0. The reason I don't watch the NFL (Also a Browns fan).
 
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BayBuck said:
Wow, just wow, Goodell. Is he even playing the player safety card or just straight trolling at this point?
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They were saying on the radio this morning that instead of a coin toss at the beginning of the game and before overtime, each team will send out three players to have a "dance-off" to be judged by 2 referees and a special "guest" referee. The winner, then, gets the choices currently available to the team that wins the coin toss.

Also, instead of actually watching the replays on situations where the spot of the ball is in question, the referee will just show that he's flipping a coin under the hood. (Yes, the same coin that he isn't using at the beginning of the game.)
 
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How about this idea: instead of totally eliminating the extra points, each team sends out their extra point teams (both offense and defense) about 15 or 20 minutes prior to the kick-off. They each try 10 extra points - both in attempting to convert or to defend. The referees label them "Cleveland Browns, attempt 1," "attempt 2," and so on, in a completely random and secret fashion. After the Browns score a touchdown (hey - it happens, sometimes!) they say, "give us the points from Attempt 7." Since that one was successful, the Browns get their point. Of course, they can't use #7 again - they need to run through all 10, first. If they missed #4, let's say (again, they know they missed one of them, but since everything was randomized, no one knows which one was missed), then hopefully they don't choose #4 after a touchdown. But if they want, they can choose to go for the 2 points, and they don't get the 1.

Goodell is happy because he screwed up the game, and the fans don't need to watch the extra points being kicked. The fans are happy because they get a couple more minutes to take a wizz and get another beer, plus, the extra point was actually attempted. The kickers are happy because their importance isn't further marginalized. The cheerleaders are happy because they don't have to figure out why the teams are kicking the ball AFTER they scored a touchdown. Europeans are happy because they get to further laugh at Americans for diminishing the amount of "foot" in "football". Americans are happy because they get to diminish the amount of "foot" in "football". And my belly would be happy, because I'm pretty sure that bars will give me free chicken wings for coming up with this stupid idea. Why wouldn't they?
 
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Bucky32 said:
Not sure how I feel about eliminating XPs, but the above is an interesting idea.
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How about letting teams gamble with the points from a TD to earn up to double the points? Say you get 7 pt's for a TD. If you go for the extra pt from the 3 and make it you get 8 instead of 7, but if you miss it you get a point taken away so you only get 6. Allow a team to gamble an extra point for every 5 yards that they want to move back so a conversion from the 8 would give them 9, 13=10, 18=11, up to 33=14. If a team is way behind and needs to make up points they could go for a 33 yard conversion and get 14 instead of 7, but if they miss it they get nothing for the TD.

If you want the kick to factor into it use a similar conversion but make it 10 yards instead of 5. If your kicker is money from 40 then you can get 10 pts for every td. If this were the case I don't think we would see too many 7 pt TD's and probably a lot less OT games.
 
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exhawg said:
If you want the kick to factor into it use a similar conversion but make it 10 yards instead of 5. If your kicker is money from 40 then you can get 10 pts for every td. If this were the case I don't think we would see too many 7 pt TD's and probably a lot less OT games.
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It's like Rock N Jock, but with more pampered wussies.
 
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The endzone is a giant Jump to Conclusions mat. The spot where the player lands when scoring a touchdown determines the outcome of the PAT.

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After scoring a touchdown, the head coach of the scoring team must take a Video Challenge, where a random play is shown on the stadium Jumbotron. He must determine whether the play shown is reviewable under the league's instant replay rules. He throws a green flag on the field to answer "yes" or a red flag to answer "no". If he is correct, his team is awarded the extra point.
 
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How about selecting a random fan out of the stands that is wearing a team jersey for the team that scored and have them come do the extra point. Increases jersey sales for the chance to get on the field. Increases commercial time because it takes awhile to get setup. Increases intrigue about the success and if you don't let them get hit then you increase the player safety factor....

Edit: And for further entertainment and sponsorship opportunities introducing the XP cam (think kiss cam). That's right the XP cam brought to you by Depends....And your XP kicker is SEC 32, Row 15, Seat 4......
 
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Goodell ultimately wants to get rid of kickoffs...the XP rule is a step in that. After people buy the "no one ever misses, so we don't have to do it" rule, then it will be the "no one ever returns them, they are all touchbacks" next.
 
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