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CFL proposed rule changes for 2015

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WBBFanWest Rising Star

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Move the goalposts to the back of the end zone like the NFL.

Being that our endzone is 20 yards deep, that makes field goals outside the 30 unlikely.  That's going to reduce scoring and make last minute drives/field goals a lot more challenging.  I'm not for this idea at all.

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sweep the leg
sweep the leg

Why stop at just these rules? Why not make the dbs run backwards at all times? Maybe let each team carry a bear on their roster?

Mike
Mike

The designated import spot has now been replaced by the "wildlife" spot where teams will be allowed to roster either a bear, deer or moose.

Blueandgold
Blueandgold

This is the ONLY good rule change. The rest of them all honestly suck and make me lose respect for the CFL.

17to85 Grand Master

17to85

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Move the goalposts to the back of the end zone like the NFL.

Should we shrink the field and add an extra down as well? Maybe play with one less player per side? **** off with the NFL bullshit. 

Noeller Grand Master

Noeller

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Move the goalposts to the back of the end zone like the NFL.

Should we shrink the field and add an extra down as well? Maybe play with one less player per side? **** off with the NFL bullshit. 

 

NFL bullshit aside, is there a safety concern?

Mike Grand Master

Mike

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I would hate to sell any of you guys anything that is innovative ... neanderthals would be easier

 

- whines about excessive use of the word "stupid"

- uses the word "hate"

 

ok.

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Noeller Grand Master

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Major rule changes approved by CFL Governors
 
 
 
 
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Posted: April 08, 2015 03:15 PM
Updated: April 08, 2015 03:25 PM
 

CFL.ca Staff

TORONTO – Significant changes to the convert, passing rules and the pace of the game will be in place when the new Canadian Football League season kicks off this June.

The league’s Board of Governors approved today most of the changes proposed earlier this Spring by the CFL’s Rules Committee.

“The Board endorsed the view that this is a great time for our league to innovate,” said Michael Copeland, the CFL’s President and Chief Operating Officer.

“We’re looking forward to putting in place changes that have the potential to improve an already great game.”

The CFL is modifying the convert that follows a touchdown to make it less predictable.

A kick for a single point, which took place from the 12-yard line in past seasons, will now be kicked from the 32-yard line.

 

Last year, 99.4 per cent of kicks for a single point following a touchdown were successful. For field goal attempts from between 31 and 33 yards, 81 per cent were successful.

If a team opts to run or pass the ball into the end zone for a two point convert following a touchdown, the ball will be scrimmaged from the three-yard line, instead of the five-yard line, which may entice more coaches to “go for two”.

Last year, there were only 23 two-point convert attempts, and seven, or 30 per cent, were successful.

But the Governors rejected the Committee’s suggestion that the league test a more radical approach during pre-season games: a convert worth three points if a team chose to run or pass the ball over the goal line from the ten-yard-line.

To open up the passing game, the Governors approved a change designed to create more room for a passing offence.

It will allow a defensive player to contact a receiver that is in front of him within five yards of the line of scrimmage, but it will not allow either player to create or initiate contact that impedes or redirects an opponent beyond five yards.

The Board agreed that on a punt play, when the ball bounces on the ground and a five yard no yards penalty is called, the penalty will automatically be added to the end of the return, or from the point the ball was first touched by the return team, whichever is better.

In the past, the receiving team had to choose between the five-yard penalty or the yards gained on the return.

It is believed that making the penalty more punitive could reduce the number of no yards penalties.

To increase the tempo of the game, at any time in the game the offence will now be allowed to signal to the Referee that it doesn’t want to substitute and it wants to use a tempo offence.

The officials will then blow the play in immediately upon the ball and yardsticks being set for play.

This new protocol will be combined with a rule change made last year – which meant the offence no longer had to wait for the defense to substitute before initiating a play if the offence had not substituted.

Together, the changes create an opportunity for the offence to dictate the pace of the game.

Also to improve game flow, the CFL is removing the ability of a coach to request a measurement, leaving it to the Referee to measure when he is unsure if a first down has been made or not.

On punts, a rule change will prohibit the five interior linemen on the kicking team from leaving the line of scrimmage until the ball is kicked.

This should reduce the number of illegal blocking and no yards penalties, while increasing the amount of room the receiving team has to set up a return.

There would be a ten-yard penalty for violating this new rule.

The CFL is maintaining the ability for a coach to challenge Defensive Pass Interference, an innovation introduced last year. But the Board of Governors rejected a proposal that Offensive Pass Interference also be made subject to video review.

It approved no longer giving the receiving team the option of demanding that a team kick again after one of its kick offs goes out of bounds. The receiving team will now either take the ball where it went out of bounds, or at a point 30 yards in advance of where the ball was kicked off, whichever is better.

The Canadian Football League regular season kicks off on Thursday June 25 when the Montreal Alouettes host the Ottawa REDBLACKS. On Friday, June 26, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats visit the Calgary Stampeders for a rematch of last year’s Grey Cup game. On Saturday, June 27, the Toronto Argonauts host the Edmonton Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers travel to Saskatchewan to face the Roughriders.

The CFL pre-season kicks off Monday June 8 when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Ottawa REDBLACKS.

The Rules Committee includes several CFL coaches and general managers as well as representatives of the CFL, CFL Players’ Association and CFL Officials.

The CFL Board of Governors includes owners of privately held teams, chairmen of community owned teams, and several team presidents

Atomic Experienced

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The convert stuff is interesting. Makes 1 point converts harder and 2 point converts easier. And there were already some proponents of going for 2 every time... Does this make it silly to ever go for 1 point? Or will coaches continue to stay conservative? It is a copycat league so if one coach has success going for 2 all the time, everyone will start doing it. And to be honest, that will make the game more exciting, I think. Tradition... Meh.

The linemen having to stay behind the LoS until the ball is punted.... I don't think that will work. They will end up changing it back. The other special teams changes, I like.

Now the no contact on receivers after 5 yards... I think this change was necessary. This was getting worse every year, with defensive backs basically mugging the receiver. This is going to change the game and expose some defensive backs right away. It is the right time to make this change.

Overall this is a big set of changes but that's not necessarily a bad thing as long as they don't do this every year. The NHL re-invented itself to some degree after the 2005 lockout and nobody is complaining about that now. Give it a chance, the changes will be for the better and will not ruin the game.

Floyd Collaborator

Floyd

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How do you not just handoff to Cornish after every touchdown?  We'll see big, bruising 3rd QBs and fullbacks in the CFL

 

Brohm or Pontbriand?

17to85 Grand Master

17to85

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The CFL needs to learn to just leave well enough alone sometimes. They get so focussed on trying to "fix" problems that crop up once they lose sight of the big picture. 

Rich Mentor

Rich

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I wish they would have waited at least one more year to see if the lower scoring was a continuing trend or a blip due to expansion before implementing some of the more drastic changes.

 

Wonder how many will stick and which ones will revert back next season.

sweep the leg Enthusiast

sweep the leg

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I wish they would have waited at least one more year to see if the lower scoring was a continuing trend or a blip due to expansion before implementing some of the more drastic changes.

 

Wonder how many will stick and which ones will revert back next season.

Very reactionary decision making. Scoring is down for one season and full blown panic set in.

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