NFL News and Rumors: Proposed Kickoff Rules Could Change Football for the Worst

March 21, 2011   ·   Chris Carson   ·   Jump to comments

The only thing worse than no football at all, which looks like a definite possibility, is football without kickoff returns.
The kickoff return is like the 360 slam, the grand slam or the five-car wreck. It's football's most exciting play.
Within the past few years, the struggles of former NFL players after football have been profiled in sports media. By now, it's almost common knowledge that playing pro football is a cause of brain, neck and spine damage.
Because of that, the NFL has been taking steps to make football more safe.
The most recent step? Moving the kickoff line five yards, from the 30 to the 35, and even that, apparently, was a compromise. The NFL wanted to eliminate the kickoff all together, according to The Sporting News.
The compromise however, would essentially eliminate the kickoff anyway.
If the proposed rule change is put into effect, NFL fans will see more kick returners being pinned in the end zone, more touchbacks and less of those g...

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