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New league will go without kickoffs, and NFL will watch closely

this is a discussion within the NFL Community Forum; The NFL seems to be moving toward eliminating kickoffs, and leading the way will be the new Alliance of American Football. That upstart league, which will begin play in 10 months, will not have any kickoffs. The biggest obstacle to ...

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Old 04-08-2018, 08:58 PM   #1
 
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New league will go without kickoffs, and NFL will watch closely

The NFL seems to be moving toward eliminating kickoffs, and leading the way will be the new Alliance of American Football.

That upstart league, which will begin play in 10 months, will not have any kickoffs. The biggest obstacle to the NFL’s desire to eliminate kickoffs has been figuring out what to do about onside kicks, and the new league will allow teams to try to keep the ball after scoring by running one offensive play, needing 10 yards to get the ball.

“The kickoff is the least popular play, so why do we still have it?” league founder Charlie Ebersol said on CBS. “If you want to go for an onside kick, we give you the ball on your own 35 facing fourth-and-10. If you can convert you get to keep the ball and go. If you don’t, the other team gets the ball.”

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I don’t think he’s right in that the kickoff itself is the least popular play. The kickoff is the least popular play when it’s commercial, kickoff, commercial.
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