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Originally Posted by _Q_
Isn't the field goal 3 points for failure anyways? Don't worry that you couldn't get a touchdown, you can get half as many points if you kick it through those uprights.
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True....but it's more of a compromise. You choose not to try and get it in the end zone, but you receive less points for deciding to kick it rather than run/pass it in. Being rewarded for failing that task should not end up in points. You didn't choose to just kick it really hard and see what happens, you chose to try and kick it through the uprights (which is the whole point of them being there).