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I'm sincerely mystified that none of the startup football leagues have tried to seriously tweak their rules so as to differentiate their product

Posted by rollo Sep 18 '23, 20:26

from the NFL. Especially the XFL, which supposedly adopted a similar operating philosophy initially, but instead we got He Hate Me and a scramble for opening possession instead of a coin toss. That was scrapped quickly after a player got hurt.

My point is that I come up with weird rule tweaks all the time. Here's one: Eliminate the kicking/return element of the game (punting and placekicking remain). Opening possession and following touchdowns, the offense starts at its own 2. Following field goals the offense starts at the spot of the kick.

Also, I'd like to see an NBA game played on a court that's about 20% larger with an 11-foot rim. Thank you for your attention.

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the players are the product. the only reason USFL lasted as long as it did is they paid enough top college players to opt out of the NFL draft -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 18, 20:53 1
- Exactly - if you want to see the best football (classic rules) nothing tops the NFL because of the talent. So other leagues need a different angle -- nm* - rollo Sep 18, 20:56
you need tweaks that result in more big plays, not fewer. -- nm - mafic Sep 18, 20:41 1
- It would be a defense and field position forward version of football, which I acknowledge is less flashy -- nm - rollo Sep 18, 20:43
I still think they should adopt rugby-style conversions instead of the extra point -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 18, 20:40
I have to think starting an offense on their own 2 after giving up a touchdown is going to lead to some very lopsided games. - Krusty Sep 18, 20:34
After he had a guy paralyzed on a kickoff, Greg Schiano proposed that after scoring, you get the ball on your own 30, but it’s 4th and 15. - Tim Sep 18, 20:29 2
- That's an interesting idea. I'd love to see them try these things out somehow. -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 20:36
- That was to replace onside kicks I think -- nm - rollo Sep 18, 20:33

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I'm sincerely mystified that none of the startup football leagues have tried to seriously tweak their rules so as to differentiate their product

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