With the impending power outages we Mainers face, I felt today would be a good day to post the results and my opinions. Please note that not everyone answered every proposal, hence not all totalled the same number of votes.....
(1) EQUIPMENT POLICE STUFF : 5-5; I'd favor making knee pads optional and not to worry about eye shadow.
(2) HOLDER'S KNEE ONLY NEEDS TO BE NEAR GROUND : 2-9 ; no.
(3) 2 MAJOR PFs = PLAYER
: 0-10 ; no,the bookkeeping on this would add a burdensome duty to
.
(4)DROP KICK ONLY IF BALL IS KICKED AS IT HITS THE GROUND : 2-6 ; no.
(5) RECIEVER REMAINS DEFENSLESS FOR 2 STEPS : 2-9 ; no, why give a reciever a head start after he's landed?
(6) FUMBLE OOB W/LESS THAN 2 MIN.=CLOCK ON RFP :4-5; no, I not in favor of changes that require us to worry about more.
(7) RUN CLOCK THRU a MAKING THRU 1ST DOWN : 6-6; no, this would require 40" play clock from end of play in hopes the chain crew could keep up with excited kids.
(8)FORWARD FUMBLE >OOB>SPOT OF FUMBLE & CLOCK STARTS WHEN BALL RETURNS TO INBOUNDS : 5-6; no, see #6.
(9) FOUL ON K ONLY IF FREE KICK IS OVER/BEYOND FIELD 0F PLAY WHEN TOUCHED BY OOB R : 6-6; yes, this was the intent when current rule was passed in 2001 and fair.
(10) LATE IN HALF/GAME, FGA ATTEMPT PRIOR TO 4TH DOWN =OK WITH NUMBERING EXCEPTION : 8-3; YES.
(11) IFP IF QB WENT BEYOND LOS THEN bEHIND TO PASS : 9-3; yes.
(12) MAKE IG A SPOT FOUL W/O ANY YARDAGE : 5-6; no, IG rule has stretched enough.
(13) REDUCE DPI TO 10 YARDS +ADD APD : 2-9; NO,SEE #14.
(14) ADD AFD TO DPI : 8-2; yes, games can be played by B inside of 30.
(15) DBPF > USC > 2 USCs >
: 4-6 ; no, often poor timing, not anger cause late hits.
(16) FOULS BY B INSIDE OF B'S 30, CONSIDER IF FULL 15 CREATES 1/10 : 4-7; no, need CPA for white hat.
(17) PF BY B = AFD : 3-8, no, offsets balance.
(18-25) PATCH UP RULE 10 : all