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Originally Posted by octothorp
See, this demonstrates my point. There's no tactics in the above scenario, and I as far as I know that's the tactical situation on every missed field goal in the NFL, right? No real decisions or potential of decisions to be made by the receiving team beyond attempting to block and defending against a fake. But on the majority of missed field goals in the CFL, there are far more possible outcomes: the returning team has the decision to concede a single in exchange for field position; or they have the option of returning it out of the endzone (or even, in desperate, end-game situations, open-field-kicking it out of the endzone).
Long field-goal attempts create more likelihood of a big return, making it a more complex risk-reward decision for the kicking team.
The outcomes could be 3 points, a single and good field position for the receiving team, zero points and a poor field position (when a player attempts to run it out but is downed quickly), or zero points and good or great field position for the other team. This requires all members of both teams to be thinking about any of these possibilities (in addition to the block/faked kick type scenarios that exist in both leagues).
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The basic premise still relies on someone failing at their job though. It makes about as much sense as saying that teams should be able to run back dropped passes on 4th down and then awarding a team that doesn't complete a pass in the endzone a point.