Eliminating Kickoffs In The Near Future?

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/14/john-mara-nfl-evolving-toward-eliminating-kickoffs/

"That’s the word from Giants owner John Mara, a Competition Committee member who says the conversations have already started about potentially taking the play that has started every football game in history out of the league for good."

And some of you LoL'd when i said tackling would one day be banned from the sport... Its headed that way people, its headed that way. Maybe a new league where real football is played is in order..

Oh and i fuging hate John stinking Mara!

[Donald LaFell]

it's really odd. Football is a violent sport, the best way to keep players safe is to just get rid of football all together. So I guess the watering down will never stop. Rugby is pretty horrible and so is Nascar racing. I don't like it changing too much.

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

Like most fans here i've loved football since i was a little kid. I don't like many of the rule changes, especailly the way they've hand cuffed the defenses over the years. Its starting to turn me away from the sport.

[Khaki Lackey]

The main part that bothers me would be that it would take the onside kick option off the table.

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

Will the next step would be to remove punting right?

Some of the greatest plays in the history of the game are kick/punt returns. Peterson from last season comes to mind. Also guys like Hester, Cribbs wouldn't have a job in the NFL.

[chknwing]

lets get a padded field, ban tackling alltogether, players could wear dresses instead of uniforms and teams can get bonus points for random acts of kindness.

[Lumps]

The problem with Rugby, and other violent sports is that their base are in other countries, or are a smal secular sport. In other countries where citezins take responsibility for themselves, officials kind of accept that fact and so do the players. The players know it's a rough sport and therefore they are taking the risk.

This is NOT a western concept.

The western concept is officials, wouldnt allow it to happen if it were too dangerous. The concept is the officials are responsibile for those getting injured and it is their responsiblity to cater to players who 'didn't know' how rough it was, even after multiple years of playing.

This is sue-happy America, no one is responsible for their decisions. Talk to a foreign rugby player about roughness, injuries and the responsibility of the league and then talk to an American football player or Giants owner and the worldviews on sports will be extremeley different.

[Mother Grabber]

Just drop the ball at midfield and have a scrum to start the game.

[jasonluckydog]

they should also end all games in the 4th quarter if a team is losing by more then 10 points..

[mav1234]

I am betting if we could hear all the conversations that go on in those meetings, we would be pretty disgusted.

I wouldn't be so sure kickoffs will be gone any time too soon, but the NFL will have to come up with a way to protect itself legally from former players.

[Hairless Cat]

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[Frizzy350]

with the new kickoff spot, might as well just remove it. 4/5 times its just a touchback and forces us to watch another segment of shitty beer commercials.

[beastson]

What the hell is going on

[philw5289]

plz no