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subtracts excitement ..... kick offs are now pointless,just spot the ball at the 20 and be done with it.

redskinz4ever wrote:subtracts excitement ..... kick offs are now pointless,just spot the ball at the 20 and be done with it.

That's what they want, ultimately, but then you remove the ability of teams to try an onside kick.

I think the absurdity of these "nonplays" (PATs, now kickoffs) shows that the league has gotten too specialized.

Not to thread jack or anything, but:

Can anyone else remember when kickoffs or punts used to be followed by game action without yet another commercial break? I understand the NFL is a business driven by network sponsors, but it seems ridiculously redundant to have a commercial break, a pointless kickoff, then another commercial break. Something should be done to change that up.

BigRedskinDaddy wrote:Not to thread jack or anything, but:

Can anyone else remember when kickoffs or punts used to be followed by game action without yet another commercial break? I understand the NFL is a business driven by network sponsors, but it seems ridiculously redundant to have a commercial break, a pointless kickoff, then another commercial break. Something should be done to change that up.

It's only going to get worse. I've been to games and was in awe of how long people are just standing around with their hands in their pants, not doing anything.

The NFL started down the wrong path long ago when they let the networks dictate any of the game pace. It started with holding the game up to let a couple commercials run in between scores and kickoffs, and now it's every series. They even changed certain timeouts so that more commercials could fit in. And then this past year a story came out that the league called the refs on the field to say not enough commercials had run, so one of the refs ran and asked the coach to take an extra timeout.

Anyway, it's too late to go back on this stuff now. It's just a feature of the game.

BigRedskinDaddy wrote:Not to thread jack or anything, but:

Can anyone else remember when kickoffs or punts used to be followed by game action without yet another commercial break? I understand the NFL is a business driven by network sponsors, but it seems ridiculously redundant to have a commercial break, a pointless kickoff, then another commercial break. Something should be done to change that up.

It's even worse than that. TD, comercial, PAT, comercial, KO, comercial, ref scratches his nose, comercial.

yupchagee wrote:

BigRedskinDaddy wrote:Not to thread jack or anything, but:

Can anyone else remember when kickoffs or punts used to be followed by game action without yet another commercial break? I understand the NFL is a business driven by network sponsors, but it seems ridiculously redundant to have a commercial break, a pointless kickoff, then another commercial break. Something should be done to change that up.

It's even worse than that. TD, comercial, PAT, comercial, KO, comercial, ref scratches his nose, comercial.

Don't forget a time out when the playclock almost runs out, and the end of the quarter two plays later!

BigRedskinDaddy wrote:Not to thread jack or anything, but:

Can anyone else remember when kickoffs or punts used to be followed by game action without yet another commercial break? I understand the NFL is a business driven by network sponsors, but it seems ridiculously redundant to have a commercial break, a pointless kickoff, then another commercial break. Something should be done to change that up.

LOL u jacked my thread

redskinz4ever wrote:LOL u jacked my thread

Ha ha, I suppose I did. My apologies brother.

You know I don't really have a problem with this rule change, and quite honestly I don't understand all of the criticism. We all knew during the lockout that this had changed and it's not like any teams were caught with their pants down and as if there lining up to kick the ball off to start the game the officials come running out and say "Hey we changed the rule, you gotta kick off from the 35 now". Everybody knew about for a while now. What, I have an issue with is the over time rule, which it used to be Sudden Death. I think it's fair to say that each team has 60 minutes to decide the game, then if you can't then the first team that scores win. Now, obviously they don't like that rule because heaven for bid that a team lose to a kicker then why not play the full amount of time in over time and whoever has the lead at the end of over time wins.

BigRedskinDaddy wrote:

redskinz4ever wrote:LOL u jacked my thread

Ha ha, I suppose I did. My apologies brother.

no worries

BTW - is it still sudden death in regular season and the complex multi-possession thing for the post-season?

DarthMonk

jeremyroyce wrote:You know I don't really have a problem with this rule change, and quite honestly I don't understand all of the criticism. We all knew during the lockout that this had changed and it's not like any teams were caught with their pants down and as if there lining up to kick the ball off to start the game the officials come running out and say "Hey we changed the rule, you gotta kick off from the 35 now". Everybody knew about for a while now. What, I have an issue with is the over time rule, which it used to be Sudden Death. I think it's fair to say that each team has 60 minutes to decide the game, then if you can't then the first team that scores win. Now, obviously they don't like that rule because heaven for bid that a team lose to a kicker then why not play the full amount of time in over time and whoever has the lead at the end of over time wins.

DarthMonk wrote:BTW - is it still sudden death in regular season and the complex multi-possession thing for the post-season?

DarthMonk

jeremyroyce wrote:You know I don't really have a problem with this rule change, and quite honestly I don't understand all of the criticism. We all knew during the lockout that this had changed and it's not like any teams were caught with their pants down and as if there lining up to kick the ball off to start the game the officials come running out and say "Hey we changed the rule, you gotta kick off from the 35 now". Everybody knew about for a while now. What, I have an issue with is the over time rule, which it used to be Sudden Death. I think it's fair to say that each team has 60 minutes to decide the game, then if you can't then the first team that scores win. Now, obviously they don't like that rule because heaven for bid that a team lose to a kicker then why not play the full amount of time in over time and whoever has the lead at the end of over time wins.

I believe so. I believe the rules are Sudden Death for regular season, and over time for the playoffs.