Scoring System In The NFL

For example, better protective head gear and rules against head butting would allow less permanent damage and head-on-head contact. These changes could make the sport much safer for players, including young children that are being put in danger by playing football.

American football has many different aspects that helped change America today. Football has earned millions of fans to the game every year. The sport has changed and helped various people strive through life. At the same time, football has caused many downsides that have changed people’s lives forever. Through the beginning to now, football has been filled with many impacts and injuries that have changed the game.

I’m sure over the years of watching American football you have wondered what I have wondered.You know cool things like whatever happened to seven defensive linemen defenses? I 'm sure those were the days... (Oh the scoring!)

I don't really understand football, mainly the rules though. More to the point, There's always a way to make something safer, without taking away the appeal of it. And, I know there's not supposed to be any "I" statements, but personally, that's all I want, really. Just to make things safer so that those who do enjoy it, can do so without much, if not any, risk. Anyway, there's ways to implement changes without drastically affecting gameplay. You just have to be willing to

The foundation of every defense is the defensive front. The front refers to where each position is when lined up. The seven most common fronts are the 4-3, the 3-4, the 4-4, the 5-2, the 5-3, the 6-2, the Goal Line Defense. All of these fronts have different strengths and weakness’. The 4-3 is most used at the upper levels. It is good against the pass game, but is weak against the run because it has less linebackers to help stop the run game. Its lack of ability to stop the run is not a huge loss though. Most offenses in the National Football League (NFL) pass more than they run. The 3-4 is designed to stop short passing, and ball control offenses. A ball control offense is an offense that wants to possess the ball as long as possible to chew

Professional football players health and safety is pirate ties with new NFL rules being implicated. National football league changing the game with the new rules. Life after playing in the NFL is probably not what some people think. These differences can have a big impact on a better experience in the game of football. “Football has been a central part of my life for the past 24 years and now I'm excited about looking forward to the next chapter of my life” (Jones

Walter Camp is know as the father of football (Miller 4). The idea of football came from rugby and soccer (Buckley 6). Walter changed the rules of rugby and soccer so they would be fit for football (Miller 4). Walter wanted to have 11 players from each team on the field at one time instead of 15 players (Madden 7). He invented the line of scrimmage, and and that only one team had possession of the ball at a time (MIller 4). Football started as a game played on college campuses without pads and was very violent (Buckley 6). Walter changed the rules so the team who had possession would have three downs to gain five yards to keep possession of the ball (Madden 7).

Kickoffs already received a few rules changes the last five offseasons. Five years ago the ball placement for kickoffs was changed from the twenty-five yard line to the thirty-five yard line. This increased the number of touchbacks and because of that, reduced the amount kickoff returns. Even more recently changed was the place of the ball after a touchback. After decades of touchbacks being placed at the twenty the NFL decided to change the spot of the ball to the twenty-five. This move was an attempt to increase touchbacks by giving players more yards for not returning the ball. Most defenders of this rule change say that “The kickoff is the most dangerous part of the game.” like Bleacher Report’s Shane Darrow. I do agree that the kickoff is the most dangerous part of football. More injuries occur on that play than any other, and just from watching anyone could understand the risks of the kickoff. However, the kickoff is a vital part to football and the changes being discussed are going too

They made offensive holding a penalty. Offensive holding is where the lineman holds the defensive lineman to where he can’t go by him. But isn`t that the offensive lineman`s job to block the defense and protect the ball. After a while the defense starts to complain and cry to the referees and they eventually throw a flag. The referees wouldn’t throw a flag if the offence was complaining, so why should they for the defense. Roger Cordell the commissioner of the NFL needs to repel this rule because it is not right to give the defense an advantage. It wouldn`t be much fun to play ageist a defense that always wins. Even if so the game would be very boring because the defense wouldn’t let the offense go ant where.

Along with this one the NFL has introduced many other rules to try and protect the players and eliminate some of the contact. One rule the has been put in place for the 2016-2017 season is a new touchback rule. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a touchback is defined as “a situation in football in which the ball is down behind the goal line after a kick or intercepted forward pass after which it is put in play by the team defending the goal on its own 20-yard line” (“Merriam-Webster Dictionary). While this is the definition that we have all came to understand as a touchback, the new rule has changed the yard mark in which the ball will be brought out to upon a touchback. Now when the player downs the football behind the goal line the ball will be brought out to the 25-yard line. One might question how this would change the game, but the types of plays that have the most touchbacks are kick returns and punt returns. In an article written by theatlantic.com it states that “the kick return is the most dangerous play in football” (Chandler, 2016). Due to the fact that players are flying down the field as fast as they possibly can to make a possible hit and force a fumble upon the player returning the ball. Although the rule only advances the ball five more yards this could make a huge difference by players not taking the ball out of the end zone nearly as much causing more

It is unclear whether the recent changes to the game (efforts to move kickoff line, penalties for head hits) to increase safety are driven by the NFL’s concern ultimately for player safety or for good public relations. The NFL has stated its dedication to player safety and that these changes are a demonstration of

Many players and coaching staffs have a mantra they use when facing adversity due to injury, “Next man up!”. It is hard to avoid hearing this motto from players and coaches, as it is a way of life in the sport for “casualties” of the game to occur. The parallels to war are endless in the football world. Many strategists look at the game with a war type approach. In 2012 the New Orleans Saints were handed severe punishments and penalties for what has been coined as “Bountygate”. The Saints were found guilty of offering “bounties” or cash bonuses for injuries inflicted to players on the opposing team. Unfortunately, this is not the only case of “smash for cash” activities in NFL history. Hall of Famer Reggie White said in a 1996 interview that

I am comparing Joshua Robert Bader to J.J. Watt. Both of these freaks of nature have a love for the game of football. At a young age Josh was always the most talented athlete in our grade. No matter what we played whether it be basketball, soccer or football, Josh was always dominating us with his superior strength and speed. J.J. Watt was the same way. With the research I have conducted I have found that J.J. Watt was a 20 letter winner in high school and was all-state in every sport he played. He was a dominate athlete throughout his childhood just like Josh. On the field Josh and J.J. Watt are very similar as well. Both of them play Center and have the strength to block three men at once. The NFL has even passed a rule that each team besides their team is allowed three extra

The rules and the way it was played were still very rugby like, this was until a man named Walter Camp came along and completely changed the way this game was played. Camp was an unreal player at Yale University and is known as the father of American football. Camp helped write the first rules for American football — which were already being played in universities on the East Coast and in Canada in about 1876. These changes included reducing the number of people from 15 players to 11 players and replacing the traditional rugby scrum to the kickoff. Camp also created the rule that a team needed to gain 5 yards in three plays in order to keep possession. “Today, teams must gain 10 yards in three plays or decide to punt on fourth down.” Camp devised plays and formations and brought in referees. However, his biggest idea was the idea of tackling, which was introduced in 1888. Tackling, which allowed players to hit below the waist for the first time and made the game more violent. It also made an offensive strategy known as the flying wedge, where a whole team (ten players) would get in front of one ball carrier in the form of a

Text relating to goal-line technology can now be found within four of the Laws of the Game: