CFL announces changes to the game - merged topics

[Tecno]

The onus should be on the league to come up with reasonable and objective evidence for their thinking as to how the changes will make the game significantly better.

Doh!  You beat me to it.

[Tecno]

But when you have big bodies to throw over, and goal posts to throw under, that limits the throw.

No one throws UNDER the crossbar, unless it's someone right at the bar.  Every pass I've ever seen by the structure is OVER the crossbar.

[Blueforlife]

CFL fans start petition to delay rule changes, call for two-week blackout - 3DownNation https://share.google/5Ot5OFhQuztNxUsPZ

[TBURGESS]

CFL fans start petition to delay rule changes, call for two-week blackout - 3DownNation https://share.google/5Ot5OFhQuztNxUsPZ

I signed it.

[Tecno]

I wonder how many more ties we will see? Even in the over time your field goal is no longer make-able from first scrimmage. 57 yarder.

Oooh!  No one thought of that yet!  I thought we might get more Q/H ties because of the rouge going away...

But what about... OVERTIME?!  Teams won't start in FG range anymore.  How many yards will they have to produce to get in range?  So teams will have to go for it on 3rd down a lot in OT??  That might suck because whoever goes first may turn the ball over and almost instantly lose?  Well, I guess their D gets a chance to hold them out of FG range too...

Completely changes the calculus of overtime.  And maybe once and for all "you want to go second" will go out the door.

[wpg#1]

CFL fans start petition to delay rule changes, call for two-week blackout - 3DownNation https://share.google/5Ot5OFhQuztNxUsPZ

Signed

[dd]

Signed

thanks for the link, I signed it as well. Everyone should!!! This is ridiculous!!!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with our game, it doesn't need any novelty changes to make us look like the NFL.

[Tecno]

We hear people whining and complaining and saying they won't buy tickets, etc.  I'm not confident any of those will come to light over such minimal changes. 

The loss of the 55YL is not a "minimal change", not historically or logistically.  It is actually the most drastic, costly, visible change you could make!

[Tecno]

I was extremely disappointed in the 2027 changes to the field with the biggest gut punch being the field reduction from 110 yards to 100 yards. I have yet to see reasonable explanation for why that one was necessary.

Welcome, Junkie.  It's good to have you onboard because your opinion carries more weight than ours when it comes to perhaps making a difference.  The more "internal to the CFL" people that speak out, the more TPTB might listen.

I think that you are referring to a graphic posted by Dave Naylor. As posted, the middle section of the field

There's also the stat obfuscation due to fact that tight to the EZ D's put a lot of players in/near the box because of the run-TD threat.  This would seem to promote passing to the edges, rather than the cramped middle.  In other words, taking away the post structure may not do what they think for opening up the middle for passing.

Changing so many aspects of the game at one time seems like a bad science experiment.

Great point and example.  But, it makes sense if this is done intentionally (both before and now).  Conflating causes is a pretty typical tactic.

[Tecno]

Another great point from riderforum.  Regarding the signage down on the field along the sidelines and the hypocrisy of the league:

I see more players tripping and bashing into those signs than I ever have seen run into the goalpost if they are so da[r]n serious about player safety.
-- Tyree

Darn right, Tyree.  If "player safety" is a main talking point for moving the posts, then you also have to get rid of all sideline signage.  Oh wait, one will cost you BOG/owners gobs of ad money, so of course that's not on the table.

Hypocrites.

[Jesse]

Another great point from riderforum.  Regarding the signage down on the field along the sidelines and the hypocrisy of the league:

I see more players tripping and bashing into those signs than I ever have seen run into the goalpost if they are so da[r]n serious about player safety.
-- Tyree

Darn right, Tyree.  If "player safety" is a main talking point for moving the posts, then you also have to get rid of all sideline signage.  Oh wait, one will cost you BOG/owners gobs of ad money, so of course that's not on the table.

Hypocrites.

That'll be the excuse to make the width of the field the same as the NFL one in 2028.

[TBURGESS]

Minimal changes? Once the ball goes into the end-zone, returners will simply knock it out the back or side (using the hand or else it would be given to the other team). No single, just get the ball on the 35 or 40 or where the FG was tried from. Running the ball out of the end-zone will be a thing of the past.

[blue_gold_84]

Making the changes is meant to improve the on field product, and increase interest...

...such minimal changes. 

...watching the refined CFL game is the key.

How do these changes improve the on-field product or increase interest from non-traditional fans?

They're minimal changes but somehow, they're going to improve the on-field product. Huh?

How do these minimal changes refine the CFL game?

Much like the commissioner, you're not making sense.

[theaardvark]

Found the graph"

[theaardvark]

Minimal changes? Once the ball goes into the end-zone, returners will simply knock it out the back or side (using the hand or else it would be given to the other team). No single, just get the ball on the 35 or 40 or where the FG was tried from. Running the ball out of the end-zone will be a thing of the past.

That's still a rouge.  Only if the ball goes out unassisted is it not a rouge.

Placing a punt in the EZ without going over becomes the play. 

Punters have to start watching "The Price is Right".