The CC is looking at whether the kick-offs should be moved to the 35 and the touch-back yardage be moved out to the 25. Thus increasing the chances of touchbacks and shortening the field to 75 yards instead of 80.
Rich McKay who is the presiding member of the leagues CC told reporters today VIA a conference call that the league is trying to find new ways to protect the players (the same ones suing them) from injuries that are increasing in kick-offs and returns. The idea is that more returners would be encouraged to stay in the end-zone and accept the 25 yard start line as opposed to running the ball out and ending up shy of the 20.
Hardly exciting and it seems to me that they may as well do away with kick-offs all together and just hand the ball over to the opposing team while they wear bubble wrap. O.k. in reality, I understand protecting the players but this is a bit much for me. Helmet to helmet? Yeah, got it, on board 100 percent. Encouraging returners to stay in the end-zone? How exciting is that? Of course this completely helps the Dolphins since they need a return guy. If this passes, I can actually shag balls and take a knee in the end-zone and the league can pay me the league minimum to just that. Now all they have to do is find someone to fair catch punts (or catch them and run to the sidelines). See Ted Ginn saw the future of what the kicking game would become, and hear I thought he was scared.