NFL may eliminate kickoffs!

[Chris Christie]

Roger Goodell is contemplating eliminating kickoffs during games for safety reasons. Check out the article, it's an interesting idea being pushed by Greg Shiano head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Let's talk about how this would affect the game as we have grown to know and love. Fast forward 10 years this could be the flag football league.

http://usat.ly/121zWVm

[ibbill]

Ed Reed said it best NFL wants a powder puff league



http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...er-puff-league

The amount of fines they are handing out lot of the players wont take a chance in case they get fined.If we win the game and I get 50K fine little tough to be happy about anything ask E Reed.

http://boards.giants.com/showthread....ES-WEEK12-NONE

[Eliscruzzz]

This is pathetic really...smh. Let's take away one of the most exciting plays in the NFL.

[oldgiantfan]

He's doing it because of the injury factor.

I'm donating work to a hospital rehab gym (dedicated to this young man) this month because of a young man of 23 who, playing college football, got smacked real hard on a kickoff (it looked like helmet to helmet but it's hard to say) and went into a coma. The brain was filling up with blood, they cut half his brain away at this point and he barely talks and has difficulty walking for any period of time. He's as good as he's going to be at 25 after 2 years of therapy and brain surgeries.

I know his story is sad and tragic and for anonymity I'll keep his name and school out of this. By the way, he was misdiagnosed and had a mild concussion when this happened but the school let him on the field.

I'm not one of those that goes around saying "if it saves one person" and the young man that this happened to does not blame the game but I can see the point.

[ibbill]

He's doing it because of the injury factor.

I'm donating work to a hospital rehab gym (dedicated to this young man) this month because of a young man of 23 who, playing college football, got smacked real hard on a kickoff (it looked like helmet to helmet but it's hard to say) and went into a coma. The brain was filling up with blood, they cut half his brain away at this point and he barely talks and has difficulty walking for any period of time. He's as good as he's going to be at 25 after 2 years of therapy and brain surgeries.

I know his story is sad and tragic and for anonymity I'll keep his name and school out of this. By the way, he was misdiagnosed and had a mild concussion when this happened but the school let him on the field.

I'm not one of those that goes around saying "if it saves one person" and the young man that this happened to does not blame the game but I can see the point.

That is sad but it will happen again even if they ban the kickoff or not What about the punt ret.You never hear much about Boxers UFC guess the owners have not been sued and lost yet.

[BMW]

How is this bad for us lol, we suck at kickoffs both ways usually.

[BlueSanta]

How is this bad for us lol, we suck at kickoffs both ways usually.

Wilson leads the league in Return yards. What?

[RoanokeFan]

How is this bad for us lol, we suck at kickoffs both ways usually.

I think you better rethink that one

[YATittle1962]

the day this rule goes into affect is the day I stop watching and sell my season tickets

this sport has been dying a slow death that started when the Mel Blount rule was put into affect

[jomo]

the day this rule goes into affect is the day I stop watching and sell my season tickets

this sport has been dying a slow death that started when the Mel Blount rule was put into affect

It is true that the very basis of the sport is changing. It seems that a receiver reaching for a pass near the first down markers automatically gets a first down. There is no legal way anymore to stop a receiver in his tracks or jar the ball loose in bang bang fashion. The best you can do is to sort of wrap up and dump the reciever as in rugby. That tacks on a couple of yards and gives the offense an automatic first down. I worry about the future of the game along with you.