State of the NFL: The Labor Situation Is Not the Only Problem with the League

March 31, 2011   ·   Joshua Hess   ·   Jump to comments

There is a saying that people can't ever leave well enough alone. Someone forgot to mention that to the NFL Competition Committee. Every year the Committee enacts new rules because of knee-jerk reactions to events that occurred the previous season.
This year the Committee decided to move the spot where kick offs are taken from the 30 yard line to the 35 yard line. While this might seem like a relatively minor change, it could possibly reduce kick off returns by up to fifty percent. There was even talk of removing kick offs from the game entirely, which surely would not have gone over well with the numerous players who make a living on special teams nor the fans who get excited watching players bring back kicks for touchdowns.
The rule was supposedly enacted for player safety, yet many of the members of the Competition Committee are owners who are proposing an 18 game schedule. Hypocrisy is the only word that comes to mind in this scenario.
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