Restoring the NFL, what would you do?
 

OK, the NFL is becoming unwatchable for numerous reasons.

What would you change?

Reduce commercials overall.
Reduce commercial break lengths (why have 5 commercials when 2 is sufficient for the breaks in action).
Eliminate the color rush, throwbacks and pink stuff

Place PAT's at the 1
Pass interference 15 yards, not spot foul.
Eliminate the 2 minute warning
Eliminate or greatly modify instant replay (less, not more)
Full time officials
Eliminate “half-the-distance” penalties. Enforce all the way to the 1 if applicable.
Eliminate coaches calling TO from the sidelines
Under two minutes (put time back on clock for defensive penalties)
Overtime back to sudden death (or 1 possession each, then SD)

Player Safety
Don't allow jumping the center on PAT's
Intentional grounding (5 yard penalty, loss of down, not spot foul)
Force mandatory pads (pad pants, or maybe mandatory knee-braces)
Allow more temporary IR designations (4 week, 8 week etc)
Two preseason games, 16 regular season.
Design grab-free facemasks
Force all players to wear the larger concussion helmets

What would you suggest?

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I would get rid of the jumping over the centre, the centre can't possibly hope to block that player and snap the ball at the same time.

Also the time back on clock one, SF intentionally held to force us to settle for a FG.

Commercials get very annoying!!

How does the NFL in the 21st century not have cameras directly down the sideline to see if someone stepped out?

I miss the big hitting days, players go across the middle knowing they may get lit up, not anymore due to the defenseless receiver rule.

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In addition to what you suggest -

- loosen up the celebration penalties. Don't call a penalty unless it's taunting.
- Change roster to 55 active players, 10 for inactives, same size for practice squad
- more emphasis on offensive holding penalties
- more emphasis on correct ball spotting and measuring
- create TV deals that are fair to the consumer and breakup the NFL Network/Direct TV monopoly
- broaden catch rules so the Megatron catch is actually a catch again
- quit emphasizing fantasy football in TV broadcasts. There are already enough resources devoted to it, it's overkill
- freezing the kicker is outlawed and now a 5-yard penalty is awarded to help the kicking team
- ditch Thursday night games
- ditch the London/Mexico City games, maybe bring back NFL Europe on a limited basis
- ditch Pro Bowl game
- reduce preseason to 2 games
- no more franchise tag
- make it 3 personal fouls for an ejection not 2
- lighten up on substance abuse penalties, particularly marijuana and those with medical purposes. Allow steroid use for those with a medical need - infection, etc.

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-Eliminate the PI spot fouls.
-No TIES - play until someone wins. Time should not become a factor.
-Allow instant replay on ALL personal foul calls.
-Too many commercials and not enough game coverage.

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That jumping over center is extremely dangerous. For a league which heavily promotes player safety, it should be made illegal. One bad flip and a player lands on his neck could cause that player to be paralyzed or possibly die.

Allow players to celebrate after touchdowns to a certain degree.

Stop being the No Fun League.

Hold officials accountable.


Fire Roger Goddell.

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Forgot one ...

- The NFL has DEEP pockets. Implement sideline cameras (not the pile on) so that we can zoom down the sideline in HD and see where foot placement actually is (see Denver/Saints game).

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One thing, they ought to require each team to have a doctor on the staff, who travels with the team and makes all the decisions on concussions and player safety/injuries (take this guy out the game, etc)...and then right before the game starts, the two doctors ought to have to switch sidelines and go over to work for the other team! Or you just have the league assign 32 independent doctors randomly to different teams each week, to work the games like they do the referee crews. The doctors should be impartial. Not on the payroll of the owner.

It's wildly inconsistent the way it's done now. I've seen games where doctors for one team will pull certain guys out the game, after a play, and players for the other team have similar intense blows to the head and their team doctor looks the other way and does nothing. The Eagles playoff game a couple of years ago, when Keenan Lewis got taken out the game -- there were Eagles players in that game who also had equally rough blows to the head and THEY were left in the game by their staff. I'm not saying Lewis should have stayed in the game there, just that it is wildly inconsistent how it's handled from team to team. Sometimes there are violent helmet-to-helmet hits or collisions between two players, and one player is pulled out, but the other stays in? Makes no sense. Meanwhile Cam Newton gets hit in the head all the time, and they never seem to force him to come out for evaluation or undergo the locker room tests. It seems to depend more on who you are, rather than how badly you hit your head.

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GET RID OF GOODELL


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Re: Restoring the NFL, what would you do?
 

Go back to letting the players celebrate and hit each other. Certainly no leading with the helmet. Football is a violent sport and if you choose it as a career you know what chances you're taking. Risk vs reward. No overtime, Instant replay available on every questionable call. More cameras, 4 points for every field goal over 50 yards. Kickoffs go back to the original yard markers and not come out to the 25. shorten season to 14 games. It has begun to dilute the league.

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1. Fire Goodell.

2. Games Sunday Only. (I'd make it Saturday, but don't won't to force my religious, moral beliefs on others)

3. Fire Goodell

4. Restore Previous Generation Pass Defense rules. (i.e. contact allowed beyond 5 yds from scrimmage, 15 yds pass interference, 5 yds def holding NOT automatic first downs).

5. Fire Goodell

6. Restore Previous PAT rules. (For continuity of the game)

7. Term Limit Commissioner

8. Eliminate color rush uniforms, but install, enforce contrasting cleats to sidelines.

9. Hold Owners to same rules as players, coaches, staff re: personal conduct details, policies

10. Protect Free Speech in Post-Game Interviews (Yeah, the refs sucked balls today)