What to expect from the Competition Committee meeting

1) Eliminate the 1 point extra point kick; 2 point conversion after every TD.

The kick is virtually automatic (5 misses in 1300 tries or something like that) and BORING !!!

The 2 point conversion success rate (about 70 tries in about 1300 TDs) was a shade under 50%. So net points should be about the same. Except we get 1200 more exciting "sudden death" type scoring plays. Not sure if they should allow the defense to score on 2 points conversions (net of only 4 points on a "pick 2").


2) Add a "non-flagrant" pass interference 15 yard penalty and reserve the "spot of the foul" penalty for a truly egregious "flagrant" foul (e.g. tackling a wide open receiver from behind). Yes it adds another judgment call, but it reduces the gap between no call and a 50 yard penalty at the end a half or a game (by allowing the 15 yard variety option).

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They really need to do that, but probably not in the direction that they will

That's what Troy Vincent wants to see.

Maybe he should rewatch the end of the dallas-Detroit playoff game to see how consistently BAD his officials can be.

Or he could watch the end of the dallas-Green Bay game and see the replay official get it right according to the rules, and yet have incredible criticism of their decision later.

if they discussed more changes to the officials up to and including making them more responsible and interceding immediately when the head official blows a call.

what is a catch. The stupid needs to make a football move is ridiculous. If a guy catches the ball in the end zone and gets two feet down it should be a TD no matter what happens when he falls down.

common. It then becomes a fumble and a likely takeaway. It would put the officials in an even more difficult position to make a proper call.

You have possession of the ball and get two feet down = catch.

If he falls down in the field of play without being touched it's a fumble. If he falls down after being touched he's down by contact.

On the Dez Bryant play, it was a ridiculous call even if I did enjoy it. He had possession, both feet down and stretched out. Should have been a catch and down by contact, but the rule is goofy.

Maintaining the catch throughout the process is a good rule. Would be idiotic to do it any other way. 2 feet down and possession is a catch? In that case a player jumps up makes the grab comes down with 2 feet gets drilled and that's a fumble? Keep the rule as is please.

sensible rules change suggestions from callers to talk shows, but I heard one recently that makes sense to me. In a situation where the offense is backed up near its own goal, say the one yard line, and commits a holding penalty, as it is now they only get penalized half the distance to the goal, which in this case would be one yard. The caller suggested that the penalty should be moving the 1st down marker 10 yards. So in this case, if it was 1st and ten from the two, the holding would make it 1st and 20 from the two. Makes sense to me.

"which in this case would be one yard" should be ..."which in this case would be half a yard"

I like them all except would prefer no opportunity for D to return extra point for points. Also I would keep the 1 point conversion optional; but move it back to the 20 yard line. Might make for some more drama at end of tied games.

Also I would hope the NFL looks at the way college does replay with review of every play. There is some merit to that. I would rather remove the human element and let HD video be the workhorse.

I would also hope they look at making refs full time workers and having consistent ref teams that work together throughout season and stay together for playoffs. Job is too important to be part-time IMO.

I'd put a loudspeaker in the QB's helmet so that the offense could hear the snap count at away games.

horrible. The point of football is to drive the field. Extra emphasis on the extra point is a horrible idea. If it detracts from the game so much, eliminate it and make TD's 7 with the optional 2 (in this case 1) conversion.

But in the end, I favor no change whatsoever. More games won or lost by the kick? That's what we want here?

when we get a committee, an ownership, and a commissioner( by no means the pupppet some here think) that want football to be football.

Cut blocking?

Give me a break.