This can be simple or it can be crazy, whatever you think the game needs or would be an attention grabber.
Some ideas that I have about the game:
1) No booth reviews. All challenges are completely dependent on the coach. He gets 3 for the entire game. He loses a challenge if he loses, He keeps the challenge if he wins it.
2) Shorten the play clock to 30 seconds. This will speed up the game of play, forcing the offense and defense to hurry and get lined up before snapping the ball.
3) Give the kicker more of an incentive on the kickoffs. The team earns a point or two if he can knock it through the uprights.
4) If you want to make Kickoffs safer, then lets take out the running on the field. Kickoff Return team lines up in a formation in between the numbers. The Kickoff team has to line up directly on them. Go Man on Man, reinforces the importance of getting and staying on blocks just like when they play offense or defense.
5) The game is a continuous running clock. Only stops on scoring plays, challenges and timeouts. Restarts when the whistle is blown for the Kickoff.
6) Overtime rules like hockey. Each kicker starts at the 15 yard line. Back up 5 yards every time a kick is made until the opposing kicker misses. Both kickers miss on the same try, move up 1 yard until the opposing kicker misses.
They are really crazy ideas for rules, but I honestly like the kickoff "rule" myself. I could see Special Teams coordinators coming up with all kinds of different Kickoff Return Formations to score, and it would be interesting if the kicker was rewarded for kicking through the uprights on a kickoff. As far as a Hockey style OT, I would be very upset that I lost because my kicker screwed up.
Some ideas that I have about the game:
1) No booth reviews. All challenges are completely dependent on the coach. He gets 3 for the entire game. He loses a challenge if he loses, He keeps the challenge if he wins it.
2) Shorten the play clock to 30 seconds. This will speed up the game of play, forcing the offense and defense to hurry and get lined up before snapping the ball.
3) Give the kicker more of an incentive on the kickoffs. The team earns a point or two if he can knock it through the uprights.
4) If you want to make Kickoffs safer, then lets take out the running on the field. Kickoff Return team lines up in a formation in between the numbers. The Kickoff team has to line up directly on them. Go Man on Man, reinforces the importance of getting and staying on blocks just like when they play offense or defense.
5) The game is a continuous running clock. Only stops on scoring plays, challenges and timeouts. Restarts when the whistle is blown for the Kickoff.
6) Overtime rules like hockey. Each kicker starts at the 15 yard line. Back up 5 yards every time a kick is made until the opposing kicker misses. Both kickers miss on the same try, move up 1 yard until the opposing kicker misses.
They are really crazy ideas for rules, but I honestly like the kickoff "rule" myself. I could see Special Teams coordinators coming up with all kinds of different Kickoff Return Formations to score, and it would be interesting if the kicker was rewarded for kicking through the uprights on a kickoff. As far as a Hockey style OT, I would be very upset that I lost because my kicker screwed up.