RIP PAT?

[Dick Whitman]

Thoughts? A good PR move with little down side, I think, though it would be strange not to have it. Also, at the high school level, they can be an adventure.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24415126/roger-goodell-nfl-considering-proposal-to-eliminate-extra-points

 

[Football_Bat]

Gotta have that extra 40 seconds to squeeze in more commercials.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Would they get rid of field goals of less than 20 yards as well? Because those are the same distance or closer than a PAT.

And ****'s right about high school. I've covered teams that go for two every time because they don't have anyone that can kick a PAT.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Eliminating the PAT would not affect commercials at all. With the mandatory replay of all touchdowns, you still have the sequence touchdown-commercial-return for official's announcement of replay-commercial.

 

[Football_Bat]

If you want to make all TDs 7 points with an option for an eighth point, fine. But don't make subtracting points an option too. This isn't the XFL.

 

[Dick Whitman]

If you want to make all TDs 7 points with an option for an eighth point, fine. But don't make subtracting points an option too. This isn't the XFL.

That would not only defeat the purpose, it would compound the issue being addressed.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Just move it back 10 yards.

 

[champ_kind]

If you want to make all TDs 7 points with an option for an eighth point, fine. But don't make subtracting points an option too. This isn't the XFL.

That would not only defeat the purpose, it would compound the issue being addressed.

coaches have a hard enough time with math with the straightforward system in place now. adding variables might cause someone's head to explode.

 

[H.L. Mencken]

Does Goodell just sit around, bored and constipated, thinking to himself: What else can I **** with in this billion dollar cash cow?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Here is a sport dealing with an increasingly real existential threat that it has become too dangerous to play in its present form. So the Commissioner, bold thinker that he is, is fussing with the extra point. Goodell is really getting to a stage where he's making Gary Bettman look, well, not that bad.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The PAT is stupid, but it's even more stupid to take it away at this point.

Maybe they'll make it like a carnival game where you get one point if it goes through, but additional points if you hit hanging targets in between the goalposts.

I'd love the PAT to be a 40-yard kick. The majority of those would be made, but it's far enough where there is some question and it might be enough to make the defense actually try to block it.

 

[Chef2]

I like the XFL comparison.
He Hate Me just put down that box of pop tarts and ran 5 extra miles.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Here is a sport dealing with an increasingly real existential threat that it has become too dangerous to play in its present form. So the Commissioner, bold thinker that he is, is fussing with the extra point. Goodell is really getting to a stage where he's making Gary Bettman look, well, not that bad.

Which topic do you think he'd rather have people complaining about between now and the Super Bowl, concussions or extra points? PR 101: Change the conversation.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Here is a sport dealing with an increasingly real existential threat that it has become too dangerous to play in its present form. So the Commissioner, bold thinker that he is, is fussing with the extra point. Goodell is really getting to a stage where he's making Gary Bettman look, well, not that bad.

Which topic do you think he'd rather have people complaining about between now and the Super Bowl, concussions or extra points? PR 101: Change the conversation.

Extra points are related to concussions in this instance.

 

[Songbird]

Didn't one of the national guys just write something about the PAT a few weeks ago with these same suggestions?

 

[Boom_70]

I thought this was thread about Transgenders. Carry on.

 

[Stoney]

Either get rid of it, move it back, or narrow the goalposts. The PAT has become nothing but a time-wasting ritual. Some sort of major change to it is long overdue.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Here is a sport dealing with an increasingly real existential threat that it has become too dangerous to play in its present form. So the Commissioner, bold thinker that he is, is fussing with the extra point. Goodell is really getting to a stage where he's making Gary Bettman look, well, not that bad.

Which topic do you think he'd rather have people complaining about between now and the Super Bowl, concussions or extra points? PR 101: Change the conversation.

I get that. I didn't phrase my post well. He wants people to talk about this rather than the ridiculously low settlement.

Extra points are related to concussions in this instance.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Didn't one of the national guys just write something about the PAT a few weeks ago with these same suggestions?

It was a Belichick suggestion during a press conference. And since Goodell does whatever Belichick wants, I expect this to happen.

I also expect Wes Welker to be beheaded at midfield during Super Bowl pregame.

 

[poindexter]

Does Goodell just sit around, bored and constipated, thinking to himself: What else can I **** with in this billion dollar cash cow?

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