NFL RULE CHANGES... Among the potential changes, not listed below is a personal-foul call for players using the n-word on the field, but it remains an area of focus and concern for the league. 1. Move kickoffs to the 40-yard line, from the 35, where it is now. 2. Making all personal fouls reviewable. 3. Eliminating overtime in preseason games. 4. Extending the goalposts vertically by 5 feet on each side. 5. Moving extra-point attempts to the 25-yard line, making it a 43-yard try. (This was proposed by the Patriots.) The competition committee separately is proposing one preseason game this season where extra-point snaps will take place from the 20. 6. Adding six cameras to all boundary lines on the field to supplement TV camera angles. 7. Allowing any officials decisions to be challenged by coaches, not just specific kinds of plays. 8. Protecting players from getting their legs rolled up on from the side — and not just from the back — as a penalty. 9. Allowing the referee to confer with members of the NFL officiating department in New York at the league office during replay reviews. 10. Changing review rules on the recovery of a loose ball — aka, the NaVorro Bowman rule from the controversial NFC championship game non-call — in the field of play. This would including reorganizing the replay section of the NFL rulebook. (Which, frankly, needs it.) 11. Keeping the clock running on quarterback sacks at all times of the game. 12. Changing pass interference so that it can be called within a yard of the line of scrimmage. 13. Enforcing defensive penalties behind the line of scrimmage from the previous spot, instead of from the end of the play or from the spot of the foul.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:07:47 +0000