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Via PFT:
NFL will explore narrowing the uprights by putting chips in footballs
“The discussion has really revolved around narrowing the uprights,” NFL V.P. of officiating Dean Blandino told Kryk. “That would be one way to affect both the extra point and the field goal. [Success rates] have continued to climb over the years as our field goal kickers and that whole process has become so specialized, from long snapper to holder to kicker. . . . We’ll do some studies this year.”
The chips will track how close made kicks already are coming to the goal posts, which then would be used to determine how much more narrow the goal posts would have to be in order to make kicks harder, but presumably not too difficult.
For now, the experiment will be confined to the preseason. It could extend to Thursday night games in the regular season. Blandino didn’t rule out the goal posts narrowing as soon as next year.
NFL will explore narrowing the uprights by putting chips in footballs