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silverscreenselect wrote:The NFL moves up the starting times for its Monday, Thursday, and Sunday night games.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... rce=Direct
Eliminating kickoffs? --Bobmrkelley23 wrote:silverscreenselect wrote:The NFL moves up the starting times for its Monday, Thursday, and Sunday night games.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... rce=Direct
....As opposed to actually speeding up the games. When will the wailing and gnashing of teeth about pace of play start in the NFL, now that it's hemorrhaging ratings?
Average time for an MLB game, 2017: 3 hours, 5 minutes.
Average time for an NFL game, 2017: 3 hours, 12 minutes.
Eliminating kickoffs will help, I guess.
The NFL has been considering eliminating kickoffs because of the injury factor and instead just starting the receiving team out at the 25. There would be a provision for a team to attempt an "onside kick" by some means like one play from the old kickoff line to gain 10 or 15 yards.Bob78164 wrote:Eliminating kickoffs? --Bobmrkelley23 wrote:
Eliminating kickoffs will help, I guess.
In addition to SSS's information, there is a new rule in effect for this year that seems to me a clear indication that the NFL wants to move in the direction of no kickoffs.Bob78164 wrote:Eliminating kickoffs? --Bobmrkelley23 wrote:silverscreenselect wrote:The NFL moves up the starting times for its Monday, Thursday, and Sunday night games.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... rce=Direct
....As opposed to actually speeding up the games. When will the wailing and gnashing of teeth about pace of play start in the NFL, now that it's hemorrhaging ratings?
Average time for an MLB game, 2017: 3 hours, 5 minutes.
Average time for an NFL game, 2017: 3 hours, 12 minutes.
Eliminating kickoffs will help, I guess.
Are you talking about the new fair catch rule? As I read it, that rule has only been added to the NCAA, not the NFL. --Bobmrkelley23 wrote:In addition to SSS's information, there is a new rule in effect for this year that seems to me a clear indication that the NFL wants to move in the direction of no kickoffs.Bob78164 wrote:Eliminating kickoffs? --Bobmrkelley23 wrote:
....As opposed to actually speeding up the games. When will the wailing and gnashing of teeth about pace of play start in the NFL, now that it's hemorrhaging ratings?
Average time for an MLB game, 2017: 3 hours, 5 minutes.
Average time for an NFL game, 2017: 3 hours, 12 minutes.
Eliminating kickoffs will help, I guess.
All levels of football have struggled with how to deal with this inherently dangerous play. In 2011, the NFL moved the spot of the kickoff forward from the 30-yard line to the 35, drastically increasing the number of kickoffs that cross into the end zone for touchbacks. The NCAA did the same thing in 2012, while also changing the spot of the ball on touchbacks from the 20-yard line to the 25. The NFL moved the touchback spot on kickoffs to the 25 in 2016.
The NCAA announced earlier this month that it was tweaking the kickoff further. A player on the receiving team can call for a fair catch between the goal line and the 25-yard line and the ball will be placed at the 25. That change was intended to combat the recent trend of high-arcing kicks designed to pin teams deep.
Sorry, that's true. Although it would not be odd to see the NFL add it, also. The NFL and NCAA have been trading off tweaks to the kickoff rule for some time.Bob78164 wrote:Are you talking about the new fair catch rule? As I read it, that rule has only been added to the NCAA, not the NFL. --Bobmrkelley23 wrote:In addition to SSS's information, there is a new rule in effect for this year that seems to me a clear indication that the NFL wants to move in the direction of no kickoffs.Bob78164 wrote:Eliminating kickoffs? --Bob