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If they're using the XFL rules, instead of an onside kick attempt, a team would get a 4th-and-15 play from their own 25.What about on-sides kicks?
I agree. Just out of curiosity, what is the NFLPA's position on kickoffs?I'm all for anything that puts kick returns back into the game. I can't tell you how many times a young FCB got false hope after a big Sammy Martin or Jon Vaughn return after the Pats were already down 3 touchdowns. the KR (and PR) are some of the most exciting plays in football and the league wants to legislate them out of the game because they are afraid of lawsuits.
Kickoffs are by far the most dangerous plays in the game. There were 19 known concussions on returns last year.
Way better to adopt the XFL rules than simply legislate kickoffs out of the game which is the way things are currently heading. The number of returns has been steadily dropping and will likely drop further this year with the new rules (except if we see squib kicks I guess).
Where are you getting this information in regards to injuries?
Last year, there were approximately 2,700 kickoffs, meaning that 99.3% of the plays were concussion free. Additionally, 11 of the 19 concussions happened when a return man took the ball out of the end zone, so the proposed rules change would have done nothing to prevent those. And just one of the 19 concussions was to the return man—one sustained by the Packers’ Keisean Nixon, when he was swung around and bounced his head off the turf.