Proposal to replace onside kick fails

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...if they aprroved this for a vote of all 32 teams. Just awful judgement.

Is there an echo in here?

Just wanted to take the opportunity to say that.

In comment 14358021 Red Dog said:

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Is there an echo in here?

Echo? - ( New Window )

Evan Roberts had a couple of good thoughts on this, saying if implemented, a 1st down could not be achieved by, e.g., a PI penalty of 15 or > yards, and then the slippery slope.... Once you impose restrictions, limitations, it begins to expose the foolhardiness of this proposal.

onside kicks are virtually impossible to recover with recent changes to kickoff rules.

Do any of you who are against this proposal have a better suggestion?

I'm not sure the exact proposal, but I say replace all kickoffs with 4th and 15, which will usually result in the team punting the ball deep, but they will have the option of trying a fake punt to catch the other team off guard, or run a play to try to pick up a first down.

absolutely horrible

stop destroying the game

In comment 14358116 myquealer said:

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onside kicks are virtually impossible to recover with recent changes to kickoff rules. ...

Unless you have OBJ on the "Hands" team making business decisions like Cam in the Superbowl.

In comment 14358116 myquealer said:

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onside kicks are virtually impossible to recover with recent changes to kickoff rules. Do any of you who are against this proposal have a better suggestion? I'm not sure the exact proposal, but I say replace all kickoffs with 4th and 15, which will usually result in the team punting the ball deep, but they will have the option of trying a fake punt to catch the other team off guard, or run a play to try to pick up a first down.

Onside kicks SHOULD be almost impossible to pull off. You don’t want to have to try an onside kick? Don’t get your ass kicked for 58 minutes and put yourself in that position

Glad it failed.

I'd opt to onsides kick every single time against the Giants if it passed.

to the old rule. There was nothing wrong with it.

This one really bothered me. I am really tired of all the rule changes year after year.

They determined it was player safety issue so it's not happening.

In comment 14358193 Diver_Down said:

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In comment 14358116 myquealer said: Quote: onside kicks are virtually impossible to recover with recent changes to kickoff rules. ... Unless you have OBJ on the "Hands" team making business decisions like Cam in the Superbowl.

Odell's Business Decision

In comment 14358116 myquealer said:

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onside kicks are virtually impossible to recover with recent changes to kickoff rules. Do any of you who are against this proposal have a better suggestion? I'm not sure the exact proposal, but I say replace all kickoffs with 4th and 15, which will usually result in the team punting the ball deep, but they will have the option of trying a fake punt to catch the other team off guard, or run a play to try to pick up a first down.

A better solution is to let the team that played better the first 58 minutes win the game. I hate rules that give the lesser team a better chance to win.