NFL Looking to Widen the field

[AAKing23]

 

[havoc00]

Do it!!!!





mobile Qbs would

go watch arena or the cfl fakkit

 

[concise]

oddly enough, they would have widened the field back in the early 1900s, but the brand spanking new Harvard Stadium was just built and was unable to accomodate it

I'll see if I can find a link

 

[NYC Rebel]

whats the rationale for it to be done in the nba ?

wouldnt zone d be much harder to play then ?

The players have outgrown the real estate of an NBA court.

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

The game is already ruined in that theyres no good defenses anymore and u have basically turned it into arena league football might as well turn it into a full blown gimmick

 

[Kings County]

rg3 gonna have 3000 rushing yards

 

[Lakers Offseason]

Imagine the passing numbers an offense like the Patriots would have if they widen the field?

 

[yseJ]

at this rate, Im not ruling out seeing the width and length of field reversed in the future

bball type scores on a short, wide ass field

 

[Trip]

NFL people think points = popularity.

They have the safety issues to fall back on now when trying to change the rules to allow more points.

Sucks. But with the amount of lawsuits going down the NFL is going to CYA in their own favor...

 

[havoc00]

rg3 gonna have 3000 rushing yards

not with that knee

 

[FaTaL]

That would be awesome for qbs with strong arms

 

[yseJ]

That would be awesome for qbs with strong arms

it would be more awesome for accurate qbs and strong one-on-one receivers who get dampened by zones. receivers would be open far more and zone coverage would breakdown more often

 

[concise]

If it had been done way back in 1906 when they were trying to get as few people killed as possible, we wouldn't be caring.

Harvard Stadium - Harvard



College football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The rules committee considered widening the playing field to "open up" the game, but Harvard Stadium (the first large permanent football stadium) had recently been built at great expense; it would be rendered useless by a wider field. The rules committee legalized the forward pass instead. The first legal pass was thrown by Bradbury Robinson on September 5, 1906, playing for coach Eddie Cochems, who developed an early but sophisticated passing offense at Saint Louis University. Another rule change banned "mass momentum" plays (many of which, like the infamous "flying wedge", were sometimes literally deadly).

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Just like then, the investments of owners in their state of the art stadiums will make this impossible when, truthfully, it will probably be the least radical of changes that the NFL will be coming up with in the next few years as they attempt to find some way to reduce player injuries.

 

[gho3st]

wrong post

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

wow....

NFL fukkin up BIG time