The NFL kickoff used to be one of the most exciting parts of the game, in fact there are players such as Joe Cribbs, Devin Hester and Brian Mitchell who made a career out of returning the football.
Fast forward to 2011 and by instituting a new kick off rule the NFL has really screwed the pooch.
By now everyone has seen the new kickoff rule where the ball has been moved from the 30 yard-line back to the 35 yard-line.
The NFL’s reason for doing so is to reduce the amount of injuries during kickoff returns.
It’s time to call…B.S.!!!
The NFL is a business and a business first and foremost. The most important thing to a businessman is his money and the funds that are coming into his pocket.
Each year the number of commercials during an NFL game has increased and this year even more millions will be made due to the increased number of touch-backs and lack of returns.
As we watch the football sail into the end zone and beyond we are watching a change to football that will eliminate jobs for players and eventually reduce scoring as the ball will start on the twenty.
In Week 1 of the exhibition season, 33.8 percent of kickoffs resulted in touch backs, more than double the rate from the same week in 2010.