(August 28, 2021 at 8:20 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Well if we are going to discuss point changes, I have never liked the addition of the 2 point pass/run option in football for the 1 extra point kick. But if we are basing scoring on skill, it takes a leg to put it through the uprights, and bigger legs to put it through the uprights the further out you go. I think even in the NBA if you swoosh a net at half court you should get 4 points. I don't see football kickers for field goals as being any different.
Funny. I was a huge fan of adding the 2 point conversion to the pro game for two reasons. One, this rule already existed in the high school and college game as far back as I can remember. The AFL also used the 2 point conversion for its entire 10 year existence before it merged with the NFL. So, for most people, the 2 point conversion just seemed like an obvious thing to do and the NFL was just being the No Fun League for not instituting it for so many years. Two, it's more difficult to score a touchdown even from the 2 yard line than it is to kick it through the uprights from the 15 yard line. And it's way more exciting to watch, too.
There are a couple of other ways to use a kick to get points but they are pretty obscure and seldom used so most casual fans don't even know about them.
Wanna know my two biggest problems with football rules? Holding and pass interference. Both are too subjective and inconsistent and need serious reform.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller
