NFL No more ambush, new rule forces teams to let the other team know they are doing an onside kick (1 Viewer)

[Quiet Storm]

No deceiving the opponent. Soon they'll have to tell them their playcalls and can't flee flicker w/o the other team knowing.

But Kansas City will be able to hold every game still.

 

[Eeyore]

They have no competition. A regular season afternoon game beats or nearly beats the NBA finals.
And MLB has become so regionalized it barely gets any national coverage anymore. And hockey is almost exclusively a northeastern sport.
Heck, the NFL Draft outdraws every other sport!

The NFL is working on that. Once games can only be accessible on apps or cable it'll turn into every other sport.

 

[mambodeath]

Typical NFL BS.....doing it because "they can".....height of arrogant stupidity....

If that's arrogant stupidity, what do you call people who, knowing this, continue to watch the NFL?

 

[BELOWSEALEVEL]

So much for the element of surprise. Aka, caught with ur pants down. So what's next, no fake punts unless the D knows ur faking it?

 

[ItFan]

Dumb dumb dumb

 

[t-rex23]

You can only attempt an onside kick when you are down in the fourth quarter?!?!?!


I'm so glad we fixed something that wasn't a problem to begin with.

 

[El Caliente]

This is extremely lame.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

And hockey is almost exclusively a northeastern sport.

Incorrect assumption

 

[DoubleSaint]

They’re trying to make everyone hate kick offs by making them pathetic so they can just get rid of them without anybody caring any more.

 

[VPCajun]

They really taking all the excitement out of the special team. Lol

**They** want to be "special" all by themselves - and they're doing a bang up job of it!

 

[VPCajun]

Candy arse rule!

What’s next? Fake punt declaration? Sheesh!

Defenders will have to make a declaration before they tackle someone HARD!

 

[Saint Jack]

But I'll be honest: I'm not sure how long it will outdraw every other sport if they take all the fun of out of watching it.

I'd rather be at a hockey game than a football game 100 times out of a 100, but I will readily admit hockey does not translate to television anywhere nearly as well as the other major sports.

And as much as I used to dislike baseball, I'd rather watch a baseball game now than an NFL game because 1) I don't trust the integrity of the NFL and 2) the rule changes already implemented make it a less interesting game than it used to be.

That’s been said since the concussion lawsuits and the TV ratings have actually risen since then.

 

[Bill]

The NFL isn’t going to last long anyway. Besides the ridiculous rule changes, it’s already too expensive for the average fan. And once it all becomes ‘pay per stream’, many just won’t be able to follow the league anymore. I know that I won’t be able keep up.

Hopefully college games will still quench my football thirst.

 

[livefromDC]

Incorrect assumption

I did 2 minutes on research to find out that...

"Ice hockey is traditionally popular in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, particularly in Massachusetts (and New England in general), Michigan, New York (especially Upstate New York) and Minnesota"

Ice hockey in the United States - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[SweetT]

No doubt. And certainly not onside kicks. It's not like players can get to full speed in 10 yards or so. This was more a solution in search of a problem that doesn't exist.