On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:45 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Brad Beam, in part, to Joe Hass: >> >>> If the NFL really wanted to change up the Pro Bowl, they could try out >>> the Canadian rulebook. The CFL games I’ve watched almost always finish >>> within their scheduled three-hour block. >>> >> >> A New York sportscaster back in the day wished the NFL would adopt the >> CFL's rouge, where a punt or kickoff caught in but not brought out of the >> receivers' end zone scored a point for the kicker's team. >> > > If that applies to kicks out of the endzone as well, then about 75% of all > NFL games would begin 1-0 these days. > > The NFL is probably very close to doing away with kickoffs all together. >
It does, except that in the CFL kickoffs have to be touched by a player in order to score. It also helps that the end zone in the CFL is 20 yards long, rather than 10. For a CFL kickoff to sail through the end zone, it would have to travel 95 yards. And yes, if there are kickoffs in the NFL in five years, I'll be very surprised. John -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
