Competition Committee Rule change proposals

[Kevin Greene]

The NFL Competition Committee announced 13 new rule proposals, seven new bylaw proposals and one proposed resolution on a conference call on Wednesday. The NFL’s owners will vote at next week’s league meeting on the potential changes.

 

1. Move the kickoff to the 40-yard line.

2. Expand instant replay to include personal foul penalties.

3. Eliminate overtime in the preseason.

4. Extend the goal posts an additional five feet above the cross bar.

5. Move the line of scrimmage for extra points to the defensive team’s 25-yard line.

6. Put six cameras on all boundary lines — sideline, goal line, end line, to guarantee coverage for replay reviews.

7. Permit a coach to challenge any official’s decision, except scoring plays which are automatically reviewed.

8. Protect players from getting the sides of their legs rolled up on — the rule already says a blocker can’t hit an opponent in the back of the legs, this proposal will add “or side” to the rule.

9. Allow the referee to consult with members of the NFL officiating department during replay reviews. The referee would be able to speak with the command center in New York to help in reviewing a play.

10. Re-organize the rules about what can be reviewed and what cannot be reviewed, including making the recovery of a loose ball in the field of play reviewable. (This is referred to as the NaVorro Bowman rule, after a controversial call in the NFC Championship Game.)

11. Don’t stop the clock on a sack.

12. Modify pass interference so that it can be called within one yard of the line of scrimmage.

13. Enforce defensive fouls behind the line of scrimmage from the previous spot, rather than from the end of the run or from the spot of the foul.

Bylaw proposals:

1. Raise the number of active players on game day from 46 to 49 for regular-season games played on a day other than Sunday or Monday, excluding Week One.

2. Raise the practice squad limit from eight players to 10 players.

3. Permit clubs to trade players prior to the start of the league year.

4. Eliminate the cut-down to 75 players during training camp and instead just have one cut-down from 90 players to 53 players.

5. Permit more than one player to return to the active list from injured reserve so that any player on injured reserve could return after six weeks.

6. Permit each club to time and test up to 10 players at its facility, and allow other clubs to attend timing and testing at another team’s facility.

7. Adjust the time of the roster reduction from 53 after the fourth preseason game from 6 p.m. Eastern to 4 p.m. Eastern. All teams would have to have their list of final cuts in by 4 p.m.

Resolution proposal:

1. Permit a home team with a retractable roof to open or close its roof at halftime, instead of having to determine at the start of the game whether it is open or closed.

[jasonluckydog]

some good ones and some bad ones...

One bad

7. Permit a coach to challenge any official’s decision, except scoring plays which are automatically reviewed.

this will only make the game last an extra hour or 2. 

 

One Good one

 

 

1. Raise the number of active players on game day from 46 to 49 for regular-season games played on a day other than Sunday or Monday, excluding Week One.

Thursday games can be brutal for a team

 

[Guest Dark Knight]

12. Modify pass interference so that it can be called within one yard of the line of scrimmage.

Why don't they just put CBs in straight jackets?

[The Huddler]

Kickoff to 40?? Screw that

[The Huddler]

Yeah there would be no more bump and run ^^^

[Kevin Greene]

Kickoff to 40?? Screw that

 

I guess that would be there way of essentially eliminating the kickoff yet still allowing the onside kick to continue.

[Jackofalltrades]

some good ones and some bad ones...

One bad

7. Permit a coach to challenge any official’s decision, except scoring plays which are automatically reviewed.

this will only make the game last an extra hour or two

It's not saying they would have unlimited challenges, but drops the restrictions on what could be reviewed.

Great change.

[Panthro]

Good One

 

11. Don’t stop the clock on a sack.

[Darth Biscuit]

 

some good ones and some bad ones...

One bad

7. Permit a coach to challenge any official’s decision, except scoring plays which are automatically reviewed.

this will only make the game last an extra hour or 2. 

 

One Good one

 

 

1. Raise the number of active players on game day from 46 to 49 for regular-season games played on a day other than Sunday or Monday, excluding Week One.

Thursday games can be brutal for a team

 

 

 

Mostly good ones tho...

 

I would assume the "any official's decision" one is still in the confines of the normal 2 (or 3) total challenges...

[Kevin Greene]

Good One

 

11. Don’t stop the clock on a sack.

yeah I like it, shaken up QBs may have to come out a play. Make that sack hurt,

[Panthro]

A sack should never benefit the offense.

[HoFBound59]

The retractable roof at half time is moronic.

 

If you are the home team and build a large lead by halftime with the roof closed and lets say its pouring outside....well you can just open the roof at half to make it much more difficult for the away team to pass and come back.