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From: wds2@akgua.UUCP (w.d. seddon )
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: NFL Rule Changes
Message-ID: <434@akgua.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Dec-83 14:35:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  9 14:35:53 1983
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As far as I can remember, the NFL has never had a 2 point conversion.
This would, however, help eliminate ties.  Another idea I have is to
align the ball up for the extra point at the point the person scoring
the touchdown actually touches the ball down in the end zone instead
of always giving the sidewinder a perfect chip shot.  Another idea is
to follow the Canadian rules of allowing the defense more ways to be
able to put points on the board such as awarding points to the team
punting the ball when the receiving team cannot run the ball out of
the end zone.  For those of you who have followed a NFL team that
has been close, but no cigar such as the Atlanta Falcons, I think a
basic overhaul of the way the league divides up the TV money is one
of the basic problems of the competition today.  There is no incentive
for the owners to have a winning team if the first place team receives
the same revenue from TV as the last place team.  The Atlanta team
has always seemed to opt for the draft choices who will not command
a high salary.  When the income is fixed for the team, the only way
to make more money is to reduce expenses such as releasing a punter
who has been here several years and now earning a high salary and
bringing in a rookie who is not nearly as good but makes less money.