Field Goal Rule Change

[NorthTexan95]

1)
2) Reduce Value of FGs. Award 3 points for 50+ yard field goals and 1 point for anything less.

I agree with Adam ... this would be a bad idea. I believe it was Tex Schram, who when someone suggest this idea, shot it down. He said it would be better to give more points for closer field goals. They you're rewarding a team for earning more yardage and driving deeper into the opponents territory.

Basically, by inceasing the point total of field goals the closer you get to the goal line, you are rewarding the team who's offense can move the ball farther and the not the team who's kicker has the longest range.

 

[Cowboys&Caps]

i am so mad at you......we can't make them now why would u bring up making it harder to make a field goal?!?!?!?!!?!?

preposterous

 

[Doomsday101]

I think FG should stay as is. The NFL did change the rule that when you miss the A FG the ball goes over to the other team at the point of the kick instead of the original line of scrimmage. Because of that you see teams go for more on 4th down when the ball is outside the 35 yard line or the team may punt to try and pin the other team down by the goal line. I think the biggest mistake the NFL has made is the constant changing of the rules.

 

[ravidubey]

OK, I agree things would get dicey at the 32 yard line-- so reduce the value evenly and make it worth 2 points in regulation and take away the option for field goals altogether in overtime.

I'd love it if on a single drive a team that scores a TD and two point conversion equaled what another team did with four field goals. Who in Hell wants to see field goals? The game has evolved beyond them.

It will never happen, but the goal would be to make sure teams do everything they can to try for touchdowns. There's something fundamentally wrong about one player-- a guy who rarely sees the field-- deciding games in a team sport.

 

[ravidubey]

I think FG should stay as is. The NFL did change the rule that when you miss the A FG the ball goes over to the other team at the point of the kick instead of the original line of scrimmage. Because of that you see teams go for more on 4th down when the ball is outside the 35 yard line or the team may punt to try and pin the other team down by the goal line. I think the biggest mistake the NFL has made is the constant changing of the rules.

My friend, I disagree. Without constant rules changes we wouldn't have the great game we have. No forward pass, no two-point conversion, etc!

I love teams going for it inside the 40 and a coffin-corner punt attempt is a heck of a lot more team-oriented play than a field goal attempt. Some of the most athletic plays you see in a game come when teams try to down the ball inside the 5 yard line or from excellent punt returns. Heck, the muffed punt was Washington's biggest offensive play down the stretch!

 

[Doomsday101]

My friend, I disagree. Without constant rules changes we wouldn't have the great game we have. No forward pass, no two-point conversion, etc!

I love teams going for it inside the 40 and a coffin-corner punt attempt is a heck of a lot more team-oriented play than a field goal attempt. Some of the most athletic plays see in a game come when teams try to down the ball inside the 5 yard line or from excellent punt returns. Heck, the muffed punt was Washington's biggest offensive play down the stretch!

You can disagree but that does not change my mind. I'm sick of watching pass interface calls change an entire game based on a ticky tacky foul, hands to the head as a defender tries to bat the ball down and grazes the QB helmet is a complete Joke. College ranks on the other hand do not have near the changes that the NFL does. As for things like the forward pass come on I'm not talking about the very beginning of Football.

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

Serious Answer: Leave it alone.

Boredom Response: Establish a moving field goal; mount the uprights on a diagnally rotating bar imbeded under the goal line -- the filed goal kicker must then kick the ball between a moving goal posts.

The imbeded bar also serves as an electronic signaling device to determine ...

1) If the field goal kick splits the uprights on the "still" goal post uprights
(2 points); moving goal post uprights (3 points); extra points attempt
(3 points to encourage teams to "go for it" or more use of the option.​

2) If a runner breaks the plain of the goal.

3) Fake "moving" field goal attempt (scores 3 point); fake "still" field goal
attempt (scores 2 points)

 

[notherbob]

All interesting ideas, but the intriguing one is the four foot circle with a three foot diameter. What the heck is that? Am I missing something?

 

[BrassCowboy]

I feel it would be crazy to change any rules regarding field goals.... teams are always gonna go for tds when possible and do not see a problem with them, it is a whole new part of the game...

how would you like to watch a bunch of games where an offense dies at the opposing teams thirty because they have no other way to score and too close to punt?

leave it as is

 

[Jarv]

Getting rid of FG's might make BP less conservitive in the red zone ?

 

[JackMagist]

Incorrect.

"The goal posts were on the goal line when the NFL began in 1920. In 1927 the NCAA moved them to the end line at the back of the end zone, and the NFL followed suit. This resulted in a reduction in field goals and an increase in tie games."

In 1933 they were moved back to the goal line, which reduced the number of tie games and doubled the number of field goal tries.

The only measure the NFL adopted in response to players running into the goalposts were to mandate that all goalposts should be of the "sling-shot" construction, not the "H" shape seen often on high school fields. This was adopted in 1967, with the intention of reducing the number of poles that a player could potentially collide with.

What you might be referring to is the decision in 1974 to move the goalposts all the way back, but Tex Schramm didn't make that decision and it had nothing to do with players running into them. The NFL's competition committee, headed by Paul Brown, decided to move them back to make field goals more difficult because, according to Brown, "Some people were upset that so many games were being controlled by field goals."

This also roughly coincided with moving the kickoff from the 40 back to the 35 yard line. It was around this time that the soccer style kickers came into the picture and guys like Jan Stenerud (sp) were killing the game. Stenerud routinely put his kickoffs out of the back of the endzone before the change (I'd be happy if we could get one INTO the endzone). All the Chiefs had to do in those days was get to the 50 yard line and they had a good shot at getting points. Other teams followed suit with the soccer style kickers and the field goals and kickoff lines had to be moved back to make it a running and passing game again.