New rules / commissioner's statements

[blue_or_die]

Looks like the CFL is only 50+ years behind in that regard.

And you wonder why people are viewing this as "Americanization", when the comparison is doing whatever the NFL does, apparently.

[blue_gold_84]

Finally, in 1974, the league pushed the goal posts back to the end line. The change was made mostly to encourage offenses to score touchdowns rather than field goals. The three-pointer had become an increasingly common occurrence by 1973. The move achieved the league's desired effect, field goals dropped from a total of 543 successful conversions off 861 attempts in 1973 to 335 field goals made on 553 attempts the following year.

https://www.profootballhof.com/blogs/2018/10/blogs-stories-from-the-pro-football-hall-of-fame-archives-evolution-of-the-game-goal-posts/

That looks like the same information I found here.

In 1973, FGs made up 23% of the scoring. In 1974, FGs made up 15% of the scoring.

I don't think I'd qualify a decrease of 8% over a tiny sample size of two seasons as being dramatic; in either instance, TDs made up the vast majority of scoring. I think there needs to be considerably more data in order to make a proper determination.

I'd also be hesitant to apply such a small dataset from another league from half a century ago. It begs the question if this change will be worthwhile, IMO. The CFL doesn't struggle with scoring as we see below:



From the 2027 season onward, we will no longer see missed FG returns, either. That's a unique entertainment aspect to the CFL that won't exist after next season.

[bomber beetle]

FG's down is an expected result because you have to get closer to the goal line to make one.

TD's going up many years later isn't related to moving the goal posts, it's got to be related to something else.

That could very well be, simply moving the goalposts does not make touchdowns that much easier.

Again though, drawing conclusions from what happened the NFL 50 years ago and applying that to CFL 2027 is subject to other variables. I mentioned the evolution of the game. There is also the variable of the CFL moving the goalposts and significantly changing the field dimensions.

[blue_or_die]

Finally, in 1974, the league pushed the goal posts back to the end line. The change was made mostly to encourage offenses to score touchdowns rather than field goals. The three-pointer had become an increasingly common occurrence by 1973. The move achieved the league's desired effect, field goals dropped from a total of 543 successful conversions off 861 attempts in 1973 to 335 field goals made on 553 attempts the following year.

https://www.profootballhof.com/blogs/2018/10/blogs-stories-from-the-pro-football-hall-of-fame-archives-evolution-of-the-game-goal-posts/

But aardvark has been telling us that the posts are being moved to 'clean up the game'. So confusing.