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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Can't just scrap the PAT and leave only a 2pt conversion or nothing (i.e. a TD gets you either 6pt or 8pt) because that would affect the relationship of FGs to TDs.
I'd prefer one of the following:
- TD is worth 7pt, and you have the option of going for a 1pt conversion (ball placed in the same spot it is placed for the 2pt conversion). (So the TD gets you either 7pt or 8pt). Though in the record books, to keep things comparable before and after the change they might need to still only give 6pt to the person who scored the TD and have the remaining point be a team point (like a "team rebound" in NBA stats). Or maybe give the point to the placekicker, unless a 1pt conversion is done, in which case both points are given to the person who scored the conversion.
- TD is worth 6pt, option for 2pt conversion stays the same as it is now, but if you want to kick for 1pt, you spot the ball at the 13yd line (so a 30yd attempt) instead of at the 2.5yd line. Maybe even the 18 for a 35yd attempt.
- Have both 1pt and 2pt non-kick conversions while getting rid of kick conversions. For a 1pt conversion put the ball at the half-yard line, or maybe even the 1-foot line. For a 2pt conversion leave at the 2.5yd line like we do now.
If they want to make things better re kickoff, stop coming back from an ad break, having a kickoff and then going straight back to another damn ad break!!
My problem with PATs is, like Belichick's problem with them, that they are too automatic and are thus an essentially meaningless play.
So either make them meaningful or get rid of them.
I think the easiest thing to do is simply spot the ball at the 18 for PATs so they would be 35yd attempts instead of 19.5yd attempts.
I have no opinion either way. I've never been a big fan of kickoffs in particular, so if they removed them for something else I'd get used to it pretty quick... and let's be honest, so would 99.9% of all of you. Anyone who would stop watching football because of this rule change was never a real fan of football to begin with.
My problem with PATs is, like Belichick's problem with them, that they are too automatic and are thus an essentially meaningless play.
So either make them meaningful or get rid of them.
I think the easiest thing to do is simply spot the ball at the 18 for PATs so they would be 35yd attempts instead of 19.5yd attempts.
Kick-offs have been a part of the game since day 1. Taking it out of the game is completely changing the game.
As for your BS claim, sorry, but getting rid of kick-offs would be followed by them wearing flags instead of tackling. And you damn well know it.
I have yet to see any evidence that there were more injuries on kick-offs than any other play during a game. All we have is Goodell's claims. And we already know that Goodell will exaggerate to the point of lying to make his case.
....Just like enacting a speed limit eventually led to the outlawing of cars, outlawing drinking and driving led to a (permanent) prohibition of alcohol, and gay marriage will eventually lead to people marrying their dogs. This logic has never stood up in any argument ever. It is possible to limit an action until you reach an acceptable level of risk and then stop, it happens all the time...
Just like enacting a speed limit eventually led to the outlawing of cars, outlawing drinking and driving led to a (permanent) prohibition of alcohol, and gay marriage will eventually lead to people marrying their dogs. This logic has never stood up in any argument ever. It is possible to limit an action until you reach an acceptable level of risk and then stop, it happens all the time.
While it's certainly not 100%, slippery slope arguments have proven accurate time and again. It is, in fact, the basis for much of U.S. law, and it's huge in politics, as Ted Kennedy noted with his "half a loaf".
Sorry, but you're building a whole bunch of straw men there. It's not unreasonable to suggest that limiting contact on kickoff will lead to further rules limiting contact bearing in mind that the proposed new kickoff rules would be part of an already slippery slope, namely the changes in kickoff rules already in place.