NFL Rule Change: the Beginning of the End for Football as We Know It.

March 25, 2011   ·   John Ziegler   ·   Jump to comments

While it hasn’t received much attention, this week the NFL took a giant step down a slippery slope that will inevitably lead to the most successful professional sport in American history being virtually unrecognizable to its legions of loyal fans.
The new kickoff rules appear at first glance to be a benign nod to the increasing awareness of player safety. However, they are actually a Trojan horse through which the very same brand of “wussification” that has overtaken so much of our culture will enter the NFL. The manliest game in America is starting down the path to gradual castration.
Crazy talk, you say? After all, the changes seem to be so minor that only the most zealous of spectators will even notice. Kickoffs will now commence from the 35-yard line (five yards closer to the goal line), and members of the kicking team will only be able to get a five-yard head start before the ball is kicked.  
But this new rule (which should be referred to as ...

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