SmashMouth

One day after approving a rule to allow referees to consult with the officiating department at league headquarters in New York during replay review, the league came to a decision on the rest of the rules proposals on the docket.

The biggest rule change made on Wednesday at the NFL's owners meetings dealt with extending the uprights.

The goal posts will now be five feet higher on each side, making it easier to tell whether or not a kick has gone through. That proposal was submitted by the New England Patriots.

Another rule change allows video reviews on plays with a recovery of a loose ball on the field even though the play had been whistled dead.

Also adopted was a proposal to no longer stop the clock on sacks outside of two minutes.

The owners rejected the Redskins' proposal to move the kickoff to the 40-yard line.

The Patriots' proposal to move the extra point back to the 25-yard line failed, but the league will experiment with a new extra-point system during the preseason. Extra points in the first two weeks of the preseason will be snapped from the 20-yard line.

Another failed proposal dealt with allowing an unlimited number of players on injured reserve to return to the active roster.

Multiple proposals to expand plays that can be reviewed were shot down.

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ScottF

When I saw the headline I thought they meant the crossbar...
goal posts? 32 stadiums need new goal posts for a lousy 5 feet? Sounds like a NYC sanitation contract deal

jwmann2

If it's not broke, don't fix it. I really can't stand the direction Goodell is beginning to take on this league, whether it's being the main culprit behind the lockout, pushing the kickoffs forward, eliminating the helmet to helmet hits, trying to move teams to London, trying to go to an 18 game season. It's clear he's all about the money and cares about little else.

Crusader

Chump change, give the old ones to local highschools or small colleges. I think its good since it will makes the refs lif easier. They could have added 10 feet thou.