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Originally Posted by jammies
You're using logic here, which is forbidden in the NFL fan handbook; as I recall last year there was someone arguing the NFL offences would score just about as much playing only 3 downs on their standard NFL field, as they would simply change their offensive play calling to gain more yards  . Of course, there never was any explanation of why they wouldn't change their offensive play calling right NOW to gain more yards if it was that easy... |
Whoever said that was either being facetious or ######ed. I would almost venture to say that the lower-scoring games in the NFL have less to do with the size of the field, and more to do with the fact that the defense is closer to the line of scrimmage.
One more point to the no-yards rule vs. the fair catch. I think I counted about 6 punts tonight where the returner simply ran up and fell on the ball and got a no yards penalty. How is that more exciting than a fair catch? Not to mention punters in the CFL get penalized for kicking the ball out of bounds. Where's the strategy in that? You can't pin teams deep in their own end in the CFL.