2012 CFO Philosophies

[Atlanta Blue]

A player of the receiving team who is in position to receive the ball has the same kick-catch & fair catch protection whether the ball is kicked directly off the tee OR is immediately driven to the ground, strikes the ground once & goes into the air in the manner of the ball kicked directly off the tee.

Horrible rule.  Penalizing kickers because they got good at doing what was within the rules.

Why don't we say that QB's can't throw the ball more than 20 yards in the air?

[El Macman]

A player of the receiving team who is in position to receive the ball has the same kick-catch & fair catch protection whether the ball is kicked directly off the tee OR is immediately driven to the ground, strikes the ground once & goes into the air in the manner of the ball kicked directly off the tee.

Not today. Not until the Rules Committee says so. This ain't philosophy. This is pure rule of fact, and it hasn't been changed, or even proposed, as far as anybody in command has said. Maybe somebody would like it to be that way, but it ain't yet. Let's don't start these kinds of rumors.

[RS]

Correct. It is currently just a proposal like everything listed in the rules committe meeting thread.
We will know by Feb. 21st which of them will become official for 2012.

But..... If it has to do with safety, I bet it is approved along with the "halo" & helmet coming off.

[El Macman]

Well, because of its extremity (IMHO), I never dreamed this would be a bona-fide proposal, but, in fact, it is. See the the other thread on rule change proposals.